Mercuric Iodide OTC Synth - Hellman 2002
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Preface-
Reducing fear with logic, via wisdom,-
An extremely easy Hgi2 synth starting from Iodine Crystal, and if you cannot get this, which will probably be the case, you can start with tincture-
When starting from tincture we want to obtain relativly pure I2, we don't just want to throw the mercury into the tincture, which also contains KI, so what we do is follow one of the many well written ticnture to crystal faqs out there, As there are many types of different percentage mixes,( I will not list those methods here ), You will find these tincture conversion recipes scattered throughout the hive, and rhodiums site, which is where i should be,.-smile
Anyway my tip from experience is to use the h202/Hcl method, I have tried it many times, and it works a treat,.This will leave you with a nice gob of greyish crystalline Iodine, relativly free from KI
Aquisition details:
But any mercury based thermometer, from you local pharmacy, supermarket,.
Proceedure-Unfuckable,.
Break open thermometer into any suitable non porous cermanic plate,bowl,.
Simply introduce (oh hello there!!) iodine crystal in small amounts to elemental mercury,.
As doing this you will see the reaction happen and the mercury quickly changes into one of the most beautiful scarlet sands that you will see,.
Add excess iodine to ensure a complete conversion, stir, and let evapourate(the excess iodine off) in dark warm room for an hour or so, or untill all that is left is a beautiful extremely fine red sand,.
Cap and enjoy!
IQ is the rate of logic, as Wisdom increases logic, fear & compromise decrease to reveal objectivity
