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 ChuangTzu
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 Re: I have a story of stupidity and a chemical mystery [Re: Seuss]
#9061199 - 10/10/08 09:54 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
Seuss said:
There were two metal leafs inside a glass jar with a squeeze bulb that sprayed some kind of cream/tan colored powder between them along with a metal rod with a ball on top coming out of the jar. Turns out that the cream/tan colored powder was thorium.
And that contraption was....? 
Thorium isn't too bad actually, as far as those things go. With the usual caveat of "as long as you don't eat it".
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Re: I have a story of stupidity and a chemical mystery [Re: zouden]
#9061465 - 10/10/08 11:32 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah I speculated that it could be a desiccant, we have some stuff that looks similar at work but it's more blue.
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Re: I have a story of stupidity and a chemical mystery [Re: Gumby]
#9062152 - 10/11/08 06:25 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: I have a story of stupidity and a chemical mystery [Re: Luddite]
#9094970 - 10/18/08 12:56 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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You could probably just email the company with the serial number and they might have a record of who they sold it to.
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LeftyBurnz
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Re: I have a story of stupidity and a chemical mystery [Re: Plasmid]
#9094982 - 10/18/08 01:03 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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lol gumby. for fucks sake, who finds this shit in a park?
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Re: I have a story of stupidity and a chemical mystery [Re: LeftyBurnz]
#9102595 - 10/19/08 11:27 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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this thread is amazing in many ways
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Re: I have a story of stupidity and a chemical mystery [Re: Wiccan_Seeker]
#9103563 - 10/20/08 09:32 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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The hydrated cobalt chloride salt is a similar colour, but it dissolves readily in both water and alcohol..  .
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Re: I have a story of stupidity and a chemical mystery [Re: Gumby]
#9105426 - 10/20/08 04:50 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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After reading and considering this whole thread, I concur that it is Super aids.
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Re: I have a story of stupidity and a chemical mystery [Re: ChuangTzu]
#9111494 - 10/21/08 05:35 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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> And that contraption was....?
I don't remember exactly... You would hit the metal ball with static electricity and the metal leafs would fly apart... then when you spray the thorium in, the leafs would come back together. Measuring the time it took was supposed to tell you something. (I maybe mis-remembering... too many different gadgets like this when I was younger.)
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