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How To Make Chloroform

To begin with, a warning! Chloroform is dangerous - causing terminal diseases and also death if not administered under expert and medical supervision. Chloroform is a compound that needs to be handled with absolute knowledge, proper precautions and respect. Along with instructions on how to make chloroform, also listed are some important considerations to bear in mind while handling this compound.
Step 1:

Handling chloroform.

* Chloroform should always be handled by qualified persons or under qualified supervision.
* Children and pets should NEVER be allowed to come close to the chemical.
* Always wear protective gear and follow safety practices when handling chloroform.
* Chloroform reacts with oxygen to make phosgene, a chemical gas which when consumed causes irreparable damage to your body organs. Chloroform also turns into phosgene faster under direct sunlight (radiation).

Step 2:

Storing chloroform. If chloroform needs to be stored, the following precautions are necessary:

* Always store in an amber or brown glass bottle and NOT in plastic or metal containers
* To store, fill the bottle all the way up to the top
* Never store it for not longer than a week as it will start decomposing.
* Never inhale chloroform made in the manner given below.

Step 3:

Making chloroform. To make chloroform, you will require the following ingredients:

* Bleach
* Pure acetone, which is available at hardware stores
* Ice
* Glassware, which will allow clear vision of the solution inside
* Separation funnel

Step 4:

Making the chloroform. Wear protective gear like goggles, gloves, and so on to ensure you are well protected. The instructions to make chloroform are listed in an easy-to-follow bulleted list:

* Start by filling up a glass container with half a liter of bleach
* Lower the temperature of the bleach solution by adding ice also into the container and allowing it to cool.
* Pour 10 ml of the acetone (to maintain a ratio of 1: 50, one part acetone to fifty parts of bleach) into the container.
* Add some more ice to keep the temperature low. Replacing the cubes that have already melted will ensure this. The bleach must be kept cool as otherwise it will emit fumes of bleach and chloroform.
* Keep aside for 20 minutes to ensure complete reaction. In a while clouding up can be seen with an increase in temperature.
* Allow time for the reaction to settle. This will take about half an hour, but if after this time also the solution does not appear to be settling, a stir will help.
* Once settled, you will see either be a white powder residue or a bubble at the bottom. This is chloroform.
* Pour the solution out with care, ensuring that no powder or bubble leaves the container.
* Now the pure chloroform, which remains in the glass container, can be extracted with a separation funnel.

Ideally, this article should be read for academic interest only. Avoid trying to make this chemical compound at home or anywhere else, unless you are authorized to do so and you follow established procedures and guidelines relating to usage of chemical, safety, and the like. Making chloroform is discouraged as the hazards of exposure to phosgene, used in chemical weapons, can be painfully fatal.

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How To Make Chloroform

To begin with, a warning! Chloroform is dangerous - causing terminal diseases and also death if not administered under expert and medical supervision. Chloroform is a compound that needs to be handled with absolute knowledge, proper precautions and respect. Along with instructions on how to make chloroform, also listed are some important considerations to bear in mind while handling this compound.
Step 1:

Handling chloroform.

* Chloroform should always be handled by qualified persons or under qualified supervision.
* Children and pets should NEVER be allowed to come close to the chemical.
* Always wear protective gear and follow safety practices when handling chloroform.
* Chloroform reacts with oxygen to make phosgene, a chemical gas which when consumed causes irreparable damage to your body organs. Chloroform also turns into phosgene faster under direct sunlight (radiation).

Step 2:

Storing chloroform. If chloroform needs to be stored, the following precautions are necessary:

* Always store in an amber or brown glass bottle and NOT in plastic or metal containers
* To store, fill the bottle all the way up to the top
* Never store it for not longer than a week as it will start decomposing.
* Never inhale chloroform made in the manner given below.

Step 3:

Making chloroform. To make chloroform, you will require the following ingredients:

* Bleach
* Pure acetone, which is available at hardware stores
* Ice
* Glassware, which will allow clear vision of the solution inside
* Separation funnel

Step 4:

Making the chloroform. Wear protective gear like goggles, gloves, and so on to ensure you are well protected. The instructions to make chloroform are listed in an easy-to-follow bulleted list:

* Start by filling up a glass container with half a liter of bleach
* Lower the temperature of the bleach solution by adding ice also into the container and allowing it to cool.
* Pour 10 ml of the acetone (to maintain a ratio of 1: 50, one part acetone to fifty parts of bleach) into the container.
* Add some more ice to keep the temperature low. Replacing the cubes that have already melted will ensure this. The bleach must be kept cool as otherwise it will emit fumes of bleach and chloroform.
* Keep aside for 20 minutes to ensure complete reaction. In a while clouding up can be seen with an increase in temperature.
* Allow time for the reaction to settle. This will take about half an hour, but if after this time also the solution does not appear to be settling, a stir will help.
* Once settled, you will see either be a white powder residue or a bubble at the bottom. This is chloroform.
* Pour the solution out with care, ensuring that no powder or bubble leaves the container.
* Now the pure chloroform, which remains in the glass container, can be extracted with a separation funnel.

Ideally, this article should be read for academic interest only. Avoid trying to make this chemical compound at home or anywhere else, unless you are authorized to do so and you follow established procedures and guidelines relating to usage of chemical, safety, and the like. Making chloroform is discouraged as the hazards of exposure to phosgene, used in chemical weapons, can be painfully fatal.

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I wonder how many readers we'll lose on this one..

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Find us how to make ether. I believe it's the same type of simple concoction, but don't know the ingredients or ratio.

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What youll need.
a clear narrow mouthed container(a round beaker or a coke bottle even)
Duct tape
3-5feet of plastic hose(clear ideally)
a bag of ice (7-10 lbs)
another clear narow mouthed container(at least as much volumetric capacity as the first)
a thermometer
one can of premium grade starting fluid
A large bowl
water to put in the bowl
something with which to heat the bowl and water

when performed effectively this method can yield upwards of 85% ether. When done poorly you have still ridded your starting fluid of the petroleum distillates that are used to lubricate the inside of the engine. Whether theres hexane and/or butane and/or propane left after the distillation youre at least no longer lubing up your airways.

1. fill the smaller container with starting fluid
2duct tape the plastic hose to the mouth of the container
3. stab one hole in the top and bottom of the bag of ice
4run the tube through the ice(this may require a bit of work
5 duct tape the other end of the hose o the larger empty container.

thats the main portion of the distiller. ensure that the bag is at a higher elevcation than the two clear containers. place it on a table and them on the ground or something.

heat the water to anywhere between 34.9 degrees celsius(Diethyl ethers boiling point) and 69 degrees celsius(the boiling point of hexane)

place the bowl under the glass container now containing ether and partially submerge the container of ether in it. the water should retain a temperature within this 30 degree celsius range for a fairly long period of time. if you find it growing to cool simply switch out the water for a different bowl of water.

once you have all this set up it is just a matter of time. remember the higher the temperature used the more likely you are to get contaminants in the ether so it comes down to time efficiency or purity. i hope that this has been helpful

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This thread reminds me of the beginning of the Internet.

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What next, phone hacking?

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Conq, it's really hard to get both the required velocity and accuracy to bean someone in the face with a desktop.

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