{{Project
|Name=FumeHood
|Picture=Hood1.jpg
|Status=In progress
|Contact=Mux
|Contact2=PeterC
|Contact3=Peterbjornx
}}

For some time now, there has been some interest in performing chemistry experiments and the like at RevSpace, with PeterC having amassed a decent amount of glassware and chemicals over the past 2 years. Until recently, we did not have a safe and contained area to actually perform any experiments in. Project FumeHood has changed that, and now provides:

* A safe fume cupboard, made from chemically inert materials, to do the experiments in
* Providing within the fume cupboard all the amenities you expect in a proper chemistry lab: electric outlets, gas connections, water connections, vacuum takeoff and of course air extraction
* Dedicated, safe storage for glassware and chemicals
* A wide assortment of compatible glassware
* A few necessary chemicals (you will usually have to supply your own specialty chemicals or replace whatever you used, except for proportionally tiny amounts or bulk chemicals)

The goings-on with the fume hood, at least initially, will mostly be documented on mux's Youtube channel PowerElectronicsBlog. You can watch the introductory video that goes over all the functionality of the fume hood here:

[https://youtu.be/fP3gqnXFRC4 Youtube - PowerElectronicsBlog - Chemistry is going on: the fume hood at Revspace]

==Fume Hood Progress==
* Fiberglass Liner on lip: DONE
* Drawers: DONE
* Drip Trays: DONE
* Water Valve: DONE
* Window: DONE
* Smoke Test: DONE

==Ground Rules==

===Rule 1===
Everything that happens with the fumehood of any significance should be reported to one responsible person. For the time being, this will be Emile (mux).

===Rule 2===
Every experiment has to be planned and approved
If you intend to do an experiment in the fumehood, you have to make a plan, submit it to the head honcho and get it approved and planned. You will need to:
State which reagents you will use and what synthesis you wish to perform (if possible: links to papers/procedures/whatever you’re using)
Describe the apparatus(es) you will use
Explain the risks of every step in your synthesis and have contingency plans for when anything goes wrong
Estimate how long you will want to use the fumehood
Explain in detail how you will clean everything and how long this will take
Say when you wish to do your experiment
Name a person or persons(s) you will be doing the experiment with

Depending on your experiment, you may either just go ahead, or you may have to schedule a time where either a trained chemist or experienced person is available as well to observe the experiment.

The focus of any application is on safety and clean-up. You will always be asked to reserve lots of time for prep and cleanup, so keep that in mind.

The fumehood may be used to ventilate smelly things or accidents in the space safely without planning. However, incidental use like this should still be communicated to the kaiser.

===Rule 3===
The ground rules for the fumehood are:
* The fumehood must be empty when it’s not in use for an experiment
* Experiments can only be performed with prior approval
* Chemicals need to be correctly and safely stored in the appropriate level of the closet or drawers
* The fumehood can never be used by just one person
* Any experiment has to be attended to at all times, so no overnight experiments (unless you have 2 people stay overnight)
* Fellow spacers should be informed appropriately when an experiment is ongoing
* You are responsible for the chemical waste you generate

Any broken rule should be immediately noted and if possible righted. If somebody absent-minded stored some widget inside the fume hood, take it out and put it in the person’s samla. If somebody seems to be working by themselves on an experiment, ask if you can be their buddy or inform the kaiser of this. Maybe their chem buddy got sick and they’re still cleaning up but they forgot to tell anyone.

===Rule 4===
Document everything!
There is now a list of the reagents in the chemical cabinets and there are printed out and laminated lists inside the actual cabinets.

There is a whiteboard by the fume hood where you can write your name and what you're doing.

FumeHood

2018-11-11T17:30:49Z

PeterC:

{{Project
|Name=FumeHood
|Picture=Hood1.jpg
|Status=In progress
|Contact=Mux
|Contact2=PeterC
|Contact3=Peterbjornx
}}

For some time now, there has been some interest in performing chemistry experiments and the like at RevSpace, with PeterC having amassed a decent amount of glassware and chemicals over the past 2 years. Until recently, we did not have a safe and contained area to actually perform any experiments in. Project FumeHood has changed that, and now provides:

* A safe fume cupboard, made from chemically inert materials, to do the experiments in
* Providing within the fume cupboard all the amenities you expect in a proper chemistry lab: electric outlets, gas connections, water connections, vacuum takeoff and of course air extraction
* Dedicated, safe storage for glassware and chemicals
* A wide assortment of compatible glassware
* A few necessary chemicals (you will usually have to supply your own specialty chemicals or replace whatever you used, except for proportionally tiny amounts or bulk chemicals)

The goings-on with the fume hood, at least initially, will mostly be documented on mux's Youtube channel PowerElectronicsBlog. You can watch the introductory video that goes over all the functionality of the fume hood here:

[https://youtu.be/fP3gqnXFRC4 Youtube - PowerElectronicsBlog - Chemistry is going on: the fume hood at Revspace]

==Fume Hood Progress==
* Fiberglass Liner on lip: DONE
* Drawers: DONE
* Drip Trays: DONE
* Water Valve: DONE
* Window: DONE
* Smoke Test: DONE

==Ground Rules==

===Rule 1===
Everything that happens with the fumehood of any significance should be reported to one responsible person. For the time being, this will be Emile (mux).

===Rule 2===
Every experiment has to be planned and approved
If you intend to do an experiment in the fumehood, you have to make a plan, submit it to the head honcho and get it approved and planned. You will need to:
State which reagents you will use and what synthesis you wish to perform (if possible: links to papers/procedures/whatever you’re using)
Describe the apparatus(es) you will use
Explain the risks of every step in your synthesis and have contingency plans for when anything goes wrong
Estimate how long you will want to use the fumehood
Explain in detail how you will clean everything and how long this will take
Say when you wish to do your experiment
Name a person or persons(s) you will be doing the experiment with

Depending on your experiment, you may either just go ahead, or you may have to schedule a time where either a trained chemist or experienced person is available as well to observe the experiment.

The focus of any application is on safety and clean-up. You will always be asked to reserve lots of time for prep and cleanup, so keep that in mind.

The fumehood may be used to ventilate smelly things or accidents in the space safely without planning. However, incidental use like this should still be communicated to the kaiser.

===Rule 3===
The ground rules for the fumehood are:
* The fumehood must be empty when it’s not in use for an experiment
* Experiments can only be performed with prior approval
* Chemicals need to be correctly and safely stored in the appropriate level of the closet or drawers
* The fumehood can never be used by just one person
* Any experiment has to be attended to at all times, so no overnight experiments (unless you have 2 people stay overnight)
* Fellow spacers should be informed appropriately when an experiment is ongoing
* You are responsible for the chemical waste you generate

Any broken rule should be immediately noted and if possible righted. If somebody absent-minded stored some widget inside the fume hood, take it out and put it in the person’s samla. If somebody seems to be working by themselves on an experiment, ask if you can be their buddy or inform the kaiser of this. Maybe their chem buddy got sick and they’re still cleaning up but they forgot to tell anyone.

===Rule 4===
Document everything!
There is now a list of the reagents in the chemical cabinets and there are printed out and laminated lists inside the actual cabinets.
There is a whiteboard by the fume hood where you can write your name and what you're doing

2018-08-01T12:55:49Z

PeterC: Created page with "{{Project |Name=Cyanotypes |Status=In progress |Contact=PeterC |Picture=P1010293.jpg }} Now you too can make cyanotypes from the comfort of the space. ---------------..."

{{Project
|Name=Cyanotypes
|Status=In progress
|Contact=PeterC
|Picture=P1010293.jpg
}}
Now you too can make cyanotypes from the comfort of the space.

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Instructions for making cyanotypes:

1. Take a beaker and add to it 1.4 g of potassium ferricyanide

2. Add 10 ml of water

3. Add 10 ml of 0.2g/ml Ferric Ammonium Citrate solution (found in a brown amber glass bottle in the darkroom)

4. Stir this mixture with a disposable pipette

5. Pour one disposable pipette full (about 2.5-3 ml) of the mixture from the beaker on the sheet of paper you're going to use (4ml is good for a light coat about one sheet of a4 paper)

6. Set the paper to dry in the darkroom

7. When the paper has dried take whatever you wish to expose on it an place it on the coated side of the paper and cover with a glass sheet

8. Expose (to sunlight or the UV exposure unit on the shelf above the free stuff table)

9. Place the exposed paper in a developing dish full of water and wash until the water turns an orange color then pour the water out and wash 1-3 more times

10. Dry Paper

11. Don't forget to clean up!

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Tips:
* The cyanotype mixture and paper is sensitive to UV light, this means you can quickly coat paper under the bulbs in the darkroom as they don't give off a ton of UV but should definitely turn them off when the paper is drying
* Cut off a few strips of paper to test different exposures (and remember to write the time and method of exposure such as "5 min bright sun" on the back of the test strip sheets before you put them in the water bath
* Don't get the cyanotype mixture on your clothes as it can cause staining (there is an apron in the cabinet under the fume hood if you wish to use it)
* These chemicals are relatively safe but you may wish to wear gloves when washing the prints (a box of large nitrile gloves can be found in the darkroom)
* Watercolor paper works best for cyanotypes but if you don't have any printer paper can be used for proof of concept work
* If you don't have a brush one labeled "Cyanotype" should be found in the darkroom
* There is a box of old transparency sheets in the box marked "Kantoor Suplies" these can be drawn on but are NOT laser printer safe!

2016-11-12T20:45:05Z

PeterC:

{{Event
|Name=Revspace Chemical Extravaganza
|URL=
|DateStart=TBD
|DateEnd=TBD
|Contact=PeterC
|Info=A Chemical Extravaganza
|InfoLocation=RevSpace Sparkshack or kantine (TBD)
|InfoOpen=We're open from TBD
|InfoTicket=Recommended donation of 6 euro (chemicals are expensive)
|InfoSignup=On the wiki
}}

==What is this?==
The Revspace Chemical Extravaganza is a great way to learn about chemistry, safety, and have fun doing it.

==Why should I come==
*Take part in fun experiments
*See what NOT to do
*Learn something
*See how to safely use chemicals at the space

==The Plan==

*Slides
-
*Safety
*Your eyes (egg), your eyes on acid (HCl + Whatever I can find in the cabinet)

-
The booms:
*KMnO4 stuff
*Chlorate Stuff
-
The Glows
*Making TCPO?
*Glow-Stick Chemistry
-
Other:
*Nylon 6,10?
-
*Discussion about chemical procurement for projects
*Q&A

-Ideas-
*Chlorines oxidizing properties (displacing lower halogens from solutions)

==Equipment==
*Projector (Can we put it in the sparkshack)

==Chemicals==
*PeterC will be in charge of procurement

==Costs==
There is a current recommended donation of 6 euro (yes, chemicals are expensive)

==Sign-Up==
Max 10 People
[Please put your username in the appropriate category(appropriate for all levels)]

[Proficient Chemist]
*
*

[I know what chemistry is]
* Sebastius (i only had Chemistry during highschool for about 2 years...)
* Pepman (Only one year school experience of long long ago... So teach me! :-))
* Benadski (I drank a little bit of H2SO4 60% one time, that was a weird experience)
*
*
*

[What's chemistry?]
*
*

==Questions, Comments, or Concerns==
*

Scrap Battery

2016-11-07T12:52:15Z

PeterC:

{{Project
|Name=Scrap Battery
|Picture=Battery-007.jpg
|Status=Initializing
|Contact=PeterC
|Contact1=Gori?
|Contact2=Benadski?
|Omschrijving=Will it work?
}}

==Materials==
*Steel
*Brass

*Hydrochloric acid (On the acid shelf)
*Potassium Hydroxide (On the base/salt shelf)
*Ammonium Fluoride (Fisher Sci 10666314 13.60/50g)
*Ethylene Glycol (Probably from high purity antifreeze)

==Litertature==
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00295 (use SciHub to open)
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00295/suppl_file/nz6b00295_si_001.pdf

2016-06-10T14:51:17Z

PeterC:

{{Project
|Name= RevChem
|Picture=
|Omschrijving= New Safety Measures for Chemicals + New Chemicals
|Status= In progress
|Contact=PeterC
}}

We need a new space to store the chemicals since what we have now is prone to accidents.

==Labeling Guidelines==
* When labeling chemicals I recommend not covering the original label since it contains useful info.
* Things in caps are worse than things in lowercase. (Ex. "toxic" is toxic, "TOXIC" is very toxic)
* The large Carl Roth bottles will stay unlabelled for now because they have a lot of bilingual safety info (English, German)

=Label Format=
* English Chemical Name
* Dutch Chemical Name
* Hazard Statement / Extra Info

=Label Example=

Safe material label:
* Methylene Blue
* Methyleenblauw
* Warning: This stuff stains!

Hazardous Material Label:
* Toluene
* Tolueen
* HIGHLY FLAMMABLE

==What Needs to be Done==
* Build chemical cabinets (need to be lockable)
* Sort the chemicals by properties and place in approperiate cabinets
* Label all chemicals properly
* Inventory the dangerous chemicals and provide MSDS's or usage guidelines

==Ideas==
* Build a basic fume hood for the space
* Construct a small workspace dedicated to projects that use chemicals (chemistry/bio/PCB etching) in the [[$projectruimte]] downstairs, or in the Sparkshack

==Other==
*PeterC will start moving some basic reagents and glassware to the space

==Comments==