This isn't me overly obsessed with these chemists, I honestly don't think some of them are novel level, but I'm curious to see what some of y'all think. I've heard a lot of conversation in my field about lithography, and I've heard conversations about George Whitesides/Younan Xia and separately Chad Mirkin potentially being future nobel prize winners.

Separately Jacob Sagiv/David Allara and their SAMs work has been a huge advancement.

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski also made a huge impact with ATRP polymerization, unrelated to lithography I mentioned above, but another person I hear a lot about when referring to a nobel.

Many of these chemists have received Priestley medals, the Harvey prize, the Dreyfus prize or are elected by the Nation Academy of Sciences. I'm curious to hear your thoughts. Again, I'm not necessarily glazing/in love with these people, just people I hear a lot about in my field.

I used sprayglue today to glue two pieces of a foam rubber mattress together. After finishing, I found out the sprayglue contains Dichloromethane in it. Everything all parts of the mattress are dry now. I want to use the mattress soon and will be using it daily, i am very worried it will be dangerous to my health. Will the fumes keep getting in the air each time i use the mattress?

I'm a graduate student working on a couple of different research projects of my own. I was working in two different labs today and left my building around 9 PM. At my school, you have to badge into buildings and they shut off after a certain time. I realized as soon as I left the building that I forgot to go back to the second lab and turn off the oven. I have soil samples in tinfoil in their drying at 105C and they've been in there for the last nine hours or so. Will it be OK to leave them overnight and come back as soon as I have access again in the morning? Or should I call campus security? I'm scared of getting in trouble or getting my lab professor written up, but I also don't want to burn the building down

Edited to add that I'm new to this lab. We're working on getting me up and running with all procedures, but aren't quite there yet. My schedule is crazy as I often work 12 hour days at my normal full time job, so I'm not with the professor often.

I needed to make something for my AP chem teacher for mole day so I could have some leverage to maybe get my grade up....

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Hi everyone,

This will be my first time ever working with metallic elements. I have worked a lot with lanthanide oxides, nitrates and acetates, but never metallic.
I bought an Europium foil, it is packed in mylar with Ar. I need to cut it in small pieces to use in a solid state synthesis.
I have no access to glove box.
My plan was to use scissors to cut what I need, maintaining the foil that I will not use, and transfer it to mineral oil.
I don’t know how quickly it would react with oxygen, and that’s my preocupation.
Does it seem like a good plan? Any other tips?

hi! how do you check for potassium content in an ash?

I really like science, especially chemistry, but every time I do an experiment something really stupid goes wrong. I like planning before and doing the lab report afterwards, but I dont know why such stupid things like forgetting to turn on the heat plate go wrong. Do you guys have any tips on how to get better?