Home-made: A compilation of chemical processes for making a variety of products from simple store-bought and readily available materials

Section 01: Laboratory Equipment for home use I; Hot plate/magnetic stirrer, Teflon coated stir bars, oval shaped; Hot plate/magnetic stirrer, Teflon coated cross-bar shaped; Hot plate/magnetic stirrer, Teflon coated octagon-bar shaped, cyndrical; 10. Heating Mantles; 11. Base supports and clamps; 12. Filter flasks; 13. Vacuum pumps; Section 02: Laboratory Techniques; A. Extraction; Soxhlet extraction apparatus; Extraction using Separatory funnel; B. Concentration and evaporation; Evaporation Techniques; C. Filtration;
D. Distillation; STEAM DISTILLATION; Distillation at reduced pressure; E. Drying liquids; APPARATUS FOR HYDROGENATION AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; Reduction of Aryl Nitro compounds with tin and hydrochloric acid; Oxidation of side chains of Aryl nitro compounds; AUTOCLAVES; Dry ice condensers; Ozone generators; Kipps’ Gas Generator Apparatus; Section 03: Laboratory Equipment for home use II, Electro-chemical Operations; A. Lab Power supplies; B. Lab Power Supply Accessories; C. Electrodes; D. Equipment for making electro-cells; E. Miscellaneous equipment for making electro-cells; F. Design drawings of electro-chemical cells; Section 04: Practical chemical stats; 1. Conversion factors; 2. Simple Chemistry Calculations useful in the home lab; Section 05: Homemade lab experiments (Projects) I;
STORE BOUGHT MATERIALS (readily available materials)
1. Sodium chloride “Table salt, non-iodized” or Pickling salt [NaCl];
2. Sugar (sucrose);
3. Acetone [H3C-C(=O)-CH3];
4. Sodium nitrate [NaNO3];
5. Potassium nitrate “Stump out” tree stump remover [KNO3];
6. Copper sulfate [CuSO4 – 5H2O];
7. Calcium chloride “de-icer” [CaCl2 – H2On] mixed hydrates;
8. Sodium bromide “pool Algaecide” [NaBr];
9. T.S.P. (Trisodium phosphate) [Na3PO4];
10. Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate heptahydrate) [MgSO4 – 7H2O];
11. Sodium bisulfate “pool pH balancer [NaHSO4 – H2O];
12. Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) [NaHCO3];
13. Calcium(II) sulfate, dihydrate “Ironnite lawn treatment” and “Gypsum” [CaSO4 – 2H2O];
14. Sulfur “garden addictive” [S];
15. Ammonium sulfate “Lawn fertilizer” [(NH4)2SO4];
16. Lye [NaOH];
17. Ferrous sulfate “lawn treatment” [FeSO4 – 7H2O];
18. 5% vinegar (acetic acid) [H3C-COOH];
19. 30% vinegar (acetic acid);
20. Aspirin [C6H4(COOH)(O-C(O)CH3];
21. Sodium metabisulfite “beer and wine making” [Na2S2O5];
22. Gasoline “premium unleaded” ‘source of hexane’ [CH3(CH2)4CH3];
23. Conc. sulfuric acid “Drain opener”[H2SO4];
24. 70% isopropyl alcohol “rubbing alcohol” [H3C-CH(OH)-CH3];
25. 91% isopropyl alcohol “rubbing alcohol” [CH3CH(OH)CH3];
26. Bacon fat “for glycerin”;
27. Olive oil “for glycerin”;
28. Copper “pipe, rod, wire, tubing ect.” [Cu];
29. Zinc anode (fishing instrument) [Zn];
30. Aluminum “anode” (fishing instrument) [Al];
31. Potassium chloride “Water softener” [KCl];
32. Methanol “windshield wiper” fluid [CH3OH];
33. 5% sodium hypochlorite (Bleach) [NaOCl];
34. Iron rebar or bar or rod [Fe];
35. Limestone [CaCO3];
36. Charcoal “for cooking” [C];
37. Potassium iodide “medication, and dietary supplement” [KI];
38. Bleaching powder (68% calcium hypochlorite, 65% available chlorine) [Ca(OCl)2], page 331
39. Zinc sulfate Moss out [ZnSO4 – H2O];
Section 07: Homemade lab experiments (Projects) III;
40. para-Dichlorobenzene “Moth balls” or “urinal cakes”[C6H4Cl2];
41. Cheap Vodka [source of ABS ethyl alcohol] [CH3CH2OH];
42. Glycerin [CH2(OH)CH(OH)CH2OH];
43. Hydrochloric acid “Muriatic acid” [HCl];
44. 3% Hydrogen peroxide [H2O2];
45. Toluene [C6H4CH3];
46. Borax {Na2[B4O5(OH)4] – 8H2O};
47. Ammonium chloride [NH4Cl];
48. Potassium carbonate [K2CO3];
49. Lead anode (fishing instrument)[Pb].