The Root
 
Posts: 2458 Joined: 02-Jul-2008 Last visit: 27-Sep-2023 Location: The asteroid belt
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Well i went and got some acetone at the same shop as always - same brand as always - got home and when i opened it, the entire room was filled with a terrible smell in seconds. A smell that is so bad its even horrible to think about it. Kinda like some sort of ant poison or something. I went back to the shop to complain and the dude was hardly concerned - that bothered me alot, this stuff was to my nose - deadly poisonous and ppl use acetone for all sorts of things. The only reasonable explination could be a screw up at the chem bottling plant.(and its a very common brand that supplies all sorts of chemicals) Lesson - Know your solvents, had this been my first time purchasing acetone - first time using it - had i used it - perhaps to pick up spice and evap - i could have possibly died(no doubt in my mind less than 1cc of that vile stuff would kill you) I dont know how this can be used to help but please ppl, know your solvents!!! antrocles wrote:...purity of intent....purity of execution....purity of experience...
...unlike the "blind leading the blind". we are more akin to a group of blind-from-birth people who have all simultaneously been given the gift of sight but have no words or mental processing capabilites to work with this new "gift".
IT IS ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE WILLING TO EXPOSE OURSELVES OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO ANNIHILATION THAT WE DISCOVER THAT PART OF OURSELVES THAT IS INDESTRUCTIBLE.
Quote: ‹Jorkest› the wall is impenetrable as far as i can tell Quote: ‹xtechre› cheese is great He who packs ur capsules - controls your destiny.
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Nothing Stops The Void
Posts: 739 Joined: 19-Jun-2008 Last visit: 26-Nov-2013 Location: Blinded by the Lye
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Was it as bad as Ammonia ?? I cant touch that stuff ... Had he more quickly realized just who they were,he would have shown them more respect.Had he tried harder to fathom their brilliant minds,he would have taken more of their teachings to heart.Had he more clearly understood the purpose of their being,
he would have more vigorously tried to assist them.They were truly honorable; he was sadly prejudiced.
They were exceedingly well informed; he was grossly ignorant.They were totally indefatigable; he so often, and so quickly,gave up. Still, for many years there was a strong inter-species alliance between the Eleven-Eleven of the Half-way Realm, their Seraphic Associates,and their flesh-and-blood friend, a common mortal. Much was accomplished, many profited, and, there’s only one regret...They could have achieved so much more...
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analytical chemist
 
Posts: 7463 Joined: 21-May-2008 Last visit: 03-Mar-2024 Location: the lab
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Phlux- wrote: deadly poisonous and ppl use acetone for all sorts of things. including endogenous fuel. acetone is a human metabolite, it's one of the ketone bodiesdeadly poisonous? nah, not quite. "Nothing is true, everything is permitted." ~ hassan i sabbah
"Experiments are the only means of attaining knowledge at our disposal. The rest is poetry, imagination." -Max Planck
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DMT-Nexus member
Posts: 3555 Joined: 13-Mar-2008 Last visit: 07-Jul-2024 Location: not here
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If you climate is hot and you open acetone bottle it will immediately start to evaporate. It doesn't have the most pleasant smell anyway have you ever smelled acetone before?
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analytical chemist
Posts: 7463 Joined: 21-May-2008 Last visit: 03-Mar-2024 Location: the lab
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who, me?  of course acetone's not so bad. pyridine is "Nothing is true, everything is permitted." ~ hassan i sabbah
"Experiments are the only means of attaining knowledge at our disposal. The rest is poetry, imagination." -Max Planck
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The Root
Posts: 2458 Joined: 02-Jul-2008 Last visit: 27-Sep-2023 Location: The asteroid belt
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no no no - i meant the solvent i was sold smelled like hell - not acetone - the smell of acetone doesnt bother me at all - i see it as one of the most friendly solvents. antrocles wrote:...purity of intent....purity of execution....purity of experience...
...unlike the "blind leading the blind". we are more akin to a group of blind-from-birth people who have all simultaneously been given the gift of sight but have no words or mental processing capabilites to work with this new "gift".
IT IS ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE WILLING TO EXPOSE OURSELVES OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO ANNIHILATION THAT WE DISCOVER THAT PART OF OURSELVES THAT IS INDESTRUCTIBLE.
Quote: ‹Jorkest› the wall is impenetrable as far as i can tell Quote: ‹xtechre› cheese is great He who packs ur capsules - controls your destiny.
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The Root
Posts: 2458 Joined: 02-Jul-2008 Last visit: 27-Sep-2023 Location: The asteroid belt
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and ammonia smells like flowers in comparison - this smelled like actual real poison of some kind. antrocles wrote:...purity of intent....purity of execution....purity of experience...
...unlike the "blind leading the blind". we are more akin to a group of blind-from-birth people who have all simultaneously been given the gift of sight but have no words or mental processing capabilites to work with this new "gift".
IT IS ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE WILLING TO EXPOSE OURSELVES OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO ANNIHILATION THAT WE DISCOVER THAT PART OF OURSELVES THAT IS INDESTRUCTIBLE.
Quote: ‹Jorkest› the wall is impenetrable as far as i can tell Quote: ‹xtechre› cheese is great He who packs ur capsules - controls your destiny.
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analytical chemist
Posts: 7463 Joined: 21-May-2008 Last visit: 03-Mar-2024 Location: the lab
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ohh.. aside from its flammability, acetone is rather safe even safer to handle than ether, since you don't really have to worry about peroxides forming, unless you react it with concentrated hydrogen peroxide (don't do that) "Nothing is true, everything is permitted." ~ hassan i sabbah
"Experiments are the only means of attaining knowledge at our disposal. The rest is poetry, imagination." -Max Planck
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DMT-Nexus member
Posts: 3555 Joined: 13-Mar-2008 Last visit: 07-Jul-2024 Location: not here
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Quote:no no no - i meant the solvent i was sold smelled like hell - not acetone - the smell of acetone doesnt bother me at all - i see it as one of the most friendly solvents. Yea thats a different story then. See if you can contact the supplier. I mean the company who manufactures it not the guy who sold it to you who as you said doesn't care. If they are legit they would be interested in knowing about this. It can happen that bottles are unlabeled or someone never check purity. Just have good excuse for using it.
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DMT-Nexus member
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all the more reason to never use anything from a hardware store. Or if you simply must, then to distill it. benzyme wrote:
i'm tellin ya, one day i'll interface a mass spec and uv-vis spectrophotometer to a modular synthesizer
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analytical chemist
Posts: 7463 Joined: 21-May-2008 Last visit: 03-Mar-2024 Location: the lab
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acetone from ace or lowe's is pure, afaik much cheaper than ordering ACS-grade acetone. "Nothing is true, everything is permitted." ~ hassan i sabbah
"Experiments are the only means of attaining knowledge at our disposal. The rest is poetry, imagination." -Max Planck
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