Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Wordlessish Wednesday

This is what I did in lab the other day. Any guesses as to what I was trying to do?

8 comments:

Russ said...

Only did a semester of chemistry in college. Perhaps something to do with testing solubility?

rose AKA Walk in the Woods - she/her said...

... "the other day" ... hmm ... color eggs?

beadworkbyamanda said...

The solubility is a good guess- and I did test solubility prior to what I did in the photo.

I did dye easter eggs! But I don't think you'd want to eat them with the chemicals I used!

Mendy said...

I'm guessing cloning. You were trying to clone, hmmm, something in very girly pretty colors - shoes? If you were trying to clone shoes, I'm all over it.

UniqueNurseGranny said...

No idea at all but it looks serious.

Baroness Bijoutery said...

I have no idea but it is surely colorful looking....

beadworkbyamanda said...

Okay - I'll spill! I was trying to determine the chemical structure of a compound. The various purple colors are a result of using potassium permanganate (KMnO4), which yields information about the presence or absence of double (C=C) bonds. The KMnO4 reacts with a compound if there are double bonds (or triple) that can be reduced to single bonds. That causes the solution to lose it's purple color and turn a yucky brownish-redish-mess.

Now you know! Yay!

BeadsForever said...

See if you are pregnant? Ha!Ha! OK, I guessed before I read your post telling us. Way over my head!