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SellaTheChemist on Nostr: #Glovebox purged with 100 bar (7 m3 of nitrogen). Now the catalyst is heating up ...

#Glovebox purged with 100 bar (7 m3 of nitrogen). Now the catalyst is heating up waiting for its nitrogen/hydrogen feed to reduce it down and activate it. We might have a working box by morning.

And then the shite jihad will begin. Time to clear out a lot of ancient samples and abandoned schlenks. There's a fair bit of rather manky white phosphorus and alkali metal in there so there may be some fun to be had…  #chemistry #academiclife