the "ask crazychemgirl a question" thread

[thejabber27]

Helium or Argon when you perform gas chromatography?

 

[crazychemgirl]

What's the boiling point of methylene chloride?

39.6C

What is the easiest way to make buckyballs and what is an easy way to tell that you've actually made them?

this seems like a very strange question... but ok

http://www.planetseed.com/laboratory/build-buckyball

 

[crazychemgirl]

Helium or Argon when you perform gas chromatography?

helium

 

[Super-Surprise]

When a human "passes wind", what type of gas(es) are being expelled?

 

[crazychemgirl]

When a human "passes wind", what type of gas(es) are being expelled?

In general, the major components of gastrointestinal gas are Nitrogen (N2), Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Oxygen (O2), Hydrogen (H2) and Methane (CH4). These five gasses represent 99% of the gastrointestinal gasses.

The exact makeup of this mixture will vary from person to person, depending on what they eat, and how they eat it.

 

[moji12]

buckys

39.6C




this seems like a very strange question... but ok

http://www.planetseed.com/laboratory/build-buckyball

fullerenes are soluble in toluene, and turns it purple.

 

[crazychemgirl]

fullerenes are soluble in toluene, and turns it purple.

good to know

 

[Spins]

Why is the sky blue?

 

[crazychemgirl]

Why is the sky blue?

because most of the light is scattered in the blue region of the electromagnetic spectrum because it's the got the shortest, smaller waves.

 

[Spins]

Where do babies come from?

 

[crazychemgirl]

Where do babies come from?

the stork, duh.

 

[Spins]

What does the color red mean?

 

[crazychemgirl]

What does the color red mean?

means that it has absorbed green light.

 

[Spins]

What is snow made of?

 

[crazychemgirl]

What is snow made of?

as dust particles in the air freeze.. they create snowflakes.

 

[Spins]

If hockey were to disappear from Canada would the Canadian people, no longer having a violent outlet, start a war?

 

[crazychemgirl]

If hockey were to disappear from Canada would the Canadian people, no longer having a violent outlet, start a war?

yes definitely.

 

[Spins]

What do you think of when you here, "Cyber"?

 

[crazychemgirl]

What do you think of when you here, "Cyber"?

hear or here?

 

[Spins]

hear or here?

Ummm....

Ummm.........

 

[crazychemgirl]

Ummm....

Ummm.........

if it's hear... I think of the internet.

 

[Spins]

I am too embarrassed to say anything more

 

[crazychemgirl]

I am too embarrassed to say anything more

awwww... *hugs*

 

[ThemBlueEyes]

It's getting hot in here

Outside of the lab do you prefer to describe the temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit?

 

[crazychemgirl]

Outside of the lab do you prefer to describe the temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit?

since I'm Canadian... I prefer centigrade, but when I express temperatures to my American friends (because I lived in the US), I give them in Fahrenheit.