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Adventures in Benzoic Acid, Orange G and Citric Acid

#1 Post by billben74 » Fri Sep 01, 2017 11:44 pm

Hello all.

I tired mixing Orange G, Benzoic Acid and Citric Acid in 50% methyl cellusolve (2-methoxyethanol) 50 % ethanol as you do.
Ok, the Orange G was in this solvent as it was part of recipe for doing Johanson's Quad stain I used while back to stain some daffodyl ovaries.

Anyway its fairly cool from the crystal point of view -> although word of warning I got a bit on my skin and got an unpleasent allergic reaction including a little lip swelling [no I didn't touch my lip with it] -> use gloves/goggles and be careful (I will now!)
I think it was the benzoic acid but I'm not about to conduct a scientific experiment.

Anyway some interesting crystals
Big stitch some stack.
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Smaller stitch and stack.
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Big stitch some stack
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Some stitch some stack.
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Small stitch.
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Re: Adventures in Benzoic Acid, Orange G and Citric Acid

#2 Post by vasselle » Sat Sep 02, 2017 12:53 am

Bonjour.
Magnifiques images j'adore.
Merci pour le partage.
Cordialement seb
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Re: Adventures in Benzoic Acid, Orange G and Citric Acid

#3 Post by billporter1456 » Sat Sep 02, 2017 1:20 am

All are nice, but that last one is a stunner! :D

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#4 Post by billben74 » Sat Sep 02, 2017 12:02 pm

Thanks Bill

Merci Beaucoup Seb

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#5 Post by IanW » Sat Sep 02, 2017 12:08 pm

Good stuff. I must try something like this one day!
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#6 Post by hkv » Sat Sep 02, 2017 4:23 pm

Great stuff! I like the "intergalactic vessel approaching" the best! Must be a Klingon "Bird of prey". By far the best intergalactic vessel I have tried.
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#7 Post by Francisco » Sat Sep 02, 2017 4:31 pm

Very nice

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#8 Post by JimT » Sat Sep 02, 2017 6:52 pm

Otherworldly. Very cool.

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#9 Post by billben74 » Sat Sep 02, 2017 8:58 pm

Many thanks IanW, hkv, Francisco and JimT

I like the intergalactic vessel one too! I have had lots of colourful crystal images, but fewer that are subtle like that one.

Its amazing how a some crystal slides can show such variation, ok so its a mixture, but the solution is apparently well mixed when put on the hot plate in the test-tube prior to placing on the slide.

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