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We have just acquired some basic chemistry equipment: Florence flasks, Erlenmeyer flasks, test tubes, clamps and stands, and an alcohol burner.
As well as some fancy distillation glassware: Allihn condensers, Soxhlet extractor, pear-shaped Separatory funnels, Büchner flasks, volumetric flasks, Kjeldahl flasks, Claisen adapter, Sparger, adapters. The glassware was at a surplus sale; a nice find.
Now the question is what to do with it. One obvious experiment is the chloroplast life support system mentioned in another project. That requires a centrefuge.
The Mars chemistry kit makes a nice outreach project for school children. There are many chemistry reactions described on this site:
processing Mars regolith into arable soil
extracting nitrogen/argon diluent gas from Mars atmosphere; suitable to mix with oxygen for breathable air
further processing diluent gas to form anhydrous ammonia and 99% pure argon; argon is suitable for filling sealed window units
extracting pure carbon dioxide from Mars atmosphere
splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen
processing CO2 and hydrogen into methane, suitable for rocket fuel
processing CO2 and hydrogen to make plastic, antifreeze, solvent, or adhesive
So which do we do?
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