A common technique in organic chemistry is to determine the melting point of a specimen. While commercial options exist, [kymyst] decided to build one with similar (or better) functionality ...

[Ken] figured out how to get around the $500 price tag of a commercial unit by building this DIY melting point test apparatus. In this image he’s using a thermocouple to monitor the temperature ...

The ice does not melt much at high altitudes ... establishing a reference point from which to gauge how fast the ice was moving. We set up our apparatus on solid ground and observed the movement ...

It was not until liquid hydrogen, made by an apparatus designed and built by ... atomic volume, melting-point and boiling-point, which find a fitting place on diagrams showing such periodic ...

1) will explain the nature of apparatus which is employed to squirt ... may have been such as to have had the zinc too near its melting point. Whatever is the explanation, the subject is well ...

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New research reveals for the first time how a major Antarctic ice shelf has been subjected to increased melting by warming ...

Up to this point, researchers have not understood what ... liquid to solid phase is oriented in a specific direction. The ...

He offers that “no outdoor space is complete without proper mood lighting,” but this option allows you to create just the right mood without the mess of melting candle wax. Another benefit of ...

My brown tabby, Joey, had wrapped his paws around my head and was purring in my ear as I remembered my plan to go to ...

Free diving — without breathing apparatus other than your own lungs ... For them, it’s both a point of pride that they’re still doing the work — “men can’t handle this job ...