chemists

I recently heard a snake expert-handler pooh-pooh the myth of stun-guns, cattle-prods, and batteries being effective treatments for North American Pit Viper venom (rattlesnake, copperhead, and water-moccasin). These deliver, AIUI, a hemolytic protein containing Copper, and folklore has it that...

Hi all, I hope the mods will forgive the cross-post here, but another user alerted me to this forum and suggested I provide a link here. Anyway, there is a bit of a puzzle regarding some of the steel that was recovered from the World Trade Center after the 9/11/2001 attacks. Evidence of...

What is the chemical reaction of C6H8O6 + C6H5CO2Na? Nader is calling for a ban of soft drinks that contain vitamin C and sodium or potassium benzoate. Some folks figure this causes benzene to be formed in the soft drinks. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12127641 Is that possible looking at...

Mr. and Ms. Chemists of the JREF forums, are C=C=C=C=C=C=C ad infinitum strings chemically possible? If so, what are their properties? Are they hydrophobic or hydrophilic? What, if anything, can bind to the carbon atoms' free sites when they're in this form? Can something be done to keep them as...

A silly question. I live in Florida (US) and it's extremely humid. I have a salt shaker that is glass with a metal top. If left long enough that top 1/3 of the salt will turn green, like the oxide patina on brass or copper statues. Obviously there is an electrolytic process going on...but what...