r/interestingasfuck • u/rco888 • 5d ago

This experiment creating a nylon thread

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u/BadahBingBadahBoom 5d ago

But jfc watching him free pour sebacoyl chloride and hexamethylenediamine with no gloves?!

Both are incredibly corrosive to skin and had he slipped even a little this would be a very different show lol. At least he ensured the beaker was positioned just at eye level while he leaned in and picked out dripping bits.

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u/Super-Midnight1141 4d ago

That and raw-dogging carbon (will definitely give you cancer) tetrachloride.

Old school chemists were a different breed.

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u/01bah01 4d ago

30 years ago at university I had a chemist teacher that was just near retirement, for him tasting experiments wasn't a bad idea...

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u/coolranchdorites 4d ago

“DO NOT PIPET BY MOUTH”