j4k3@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoWhat is the most advanced chemistry you've done on your own at home or work?message-squaremessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down16
arrow-up169arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the most advanced chemistry you've done on your own at home or work?j4k3@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoI don’t know if we can call it chemistry but quenching steel. In high school I was doing blacksmithing and so quenching the blade was part of the process, probably my favorite part. Heating the blade above 800°C and dipping it in oil, with the oil instantly catching fire was always very dramatic.
I don’t know if we can call it chemistry but quenching steel.
In high school I was doing blacksmithing and so quenching the blade was part of the process, probably my favorite part.
Heating the blade above 800°C and dipping it in oil, with the oil instantly catching fire was always very dramatic.
Fire is chemistry.