The "reaction heat" I didn't worry about in the lab: What is the safety evaluation essential for process development?

Hello, I'm Yuki. I work as a process chemist at a pharmaceutical company.To be honest, when I was a student, I didn't think about reaction safety to this extent. I didn't even have the idea of ...

A story about inhaling white smoke during an experiment to make nylon 66—chemical experiments aren't over until the cleanup is done

When I was teaching at an industrial high school, I once conducted an experiment to make nylon 66.I used adipoyl chloride and hexamethylenediamine.This is an experiment where nylon 66 is synthesized ...
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Weather experiment: Demonstrating a volcanic eruption with chemical reactions

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Our final experiment we shared with the kids at Plainfield Child Care was a chemical reaction between baking soda and vinegar. It sort of illustrates a volcanic eruption, ...