Asklemmy

43892 readers

971 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

Open-ended question
Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Lemmyverse: community search
sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
!lemmy411@lemmy.ca: a community for finding communities

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

What is the most advanced chemistry you've done on your own at home or work? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by j4k3@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

94 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Made soap out of lye and a mix of fats and oils.

Stripped a cast iron pan using electrolysis, although that might be more physics than chemistry. I had to add Sodium Carbonate so that's pretty sciencey!

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Chemistry is just messy physics.

Biology is just messy chemistry.

Physics is just messy math.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Your list is in a messy order.

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

Philosophy is just messy biology.