The Home Scientist

Monday, July 5, 2010

Update

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It's been a while since I last posted here, so I thought I should give everybody an update. My YouTube page has really taken off since I...
Sunday, May 2, 2010

Experiment: Growing Bismuth Crystals

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In this experiment, I'll be growing beautiful iridescent crystals out of pure bismuth metal. These "hopper crystals," as they ...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Experiment: Mercury Beating Heart

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This old post serves as the Video Companion to   this video . This is an extremely cool demonstration of electrochemistry involving one of ...
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Get Useful Components from a Lantern Battery

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Here's a cheap, easy way to get three very useful items for your own experiments - carbon, zinc, and manganese dioxide. All you need is ...
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Experiment: Vanadium Pentoxide Thermite

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Here's a quick one. This thermite was a 2.02:1 mix of V2O5:Al powder. Vanadium pentoxide is a (fairly toxic) orange powder, and it made ...
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Saturday, April 3, 2010

Experiment: Tin Oxide Thermite

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Another thermite composition - 4.19:1 SnO2:Al by weight, with about 25g total thermite. I already had tin samples for my collection, but eve...
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Experiment: Silver Tree

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This old post serves as a video companion to  this video  on my YouTube channel. This is an experiment I've had since the very beginning...
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I graduated from Virginia Tech in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Physics, with Math and Computer Science minors. I am currently working as a civilian physicist for the US Navy. I've been interested in science my whole life, and investing in my home laboratory has been an incredibly rewarding past time for me since I graduated into the real world. The purpose of this blog is to share my experiences, and hopefully to get more people interested in the sciences.
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