#chemistryhacks — Public Fediverse posts

Making Better Rubies At Home

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/08/24/making-better-rubies-at-home/

Turning Energy Drinks Into Rocket Fuel

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/turning-energy-drinks-into-rocket-fuel/

Polystyrene Foam can be Gasoline With Some Help

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/08/04/polystyrene-foam-can-be-gasoline-with-some-help/

Turning Fruits Into Ethylene and Ethane Refrigerant

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/08/02/turning-fruits-into-ethylene-and-ethane-refrigerant/

How to Rebuild an 1800s Victorian Leclanché cell

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/07/06/how-to-rebuild-an-1800s-victorian-leclanche-cell/

Microdistillery for Microchemistry

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/07/03/microdistillery-for-microchemistry/

Solid-State Batteries Take to the Sky

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/06/17/solid-state-batteries-take-to-the-sky/

Optimizing Pancakes from Chemical Principles

http://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/06/08/optimizing-pancakes-from-chemical-principles/

Be Your Own Oil Company With Desktop Fischer-Tropsch Process

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/29/be-your-own-oil-company-with-desktop-fischer-tropsch-process/

Homemade Liquid Oxygen Demonstrates Paramagnetism

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/homemade-liquid-oxygen-demonstrates-paramagnetism/

Testing Laughing Gas for Rocket Propellant https://hackaday.com/2026/01/07/testing-laughing-gas-for-rocket-propellant/ #rocketpropellant #chemistryhacks #hybridrocket #nitrousoxide #whippedcream #cartridge

Scared for a Drink? - Halloween is about tricks and treats, but who wouldn’t fancy a bit to drink with t... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/31/scared-for-a-drink/ #chemistryhacks #arduinohacks #holidayhacks #homehacks #capacitor #dispenser #halloween #arduino #drink #servo #c

Scared for a Drink? https://hackaday.com/2025/10/31/scared-for-a-drink/ #chemistryhacks #ArduinoHacks #HolidayHacks #homehacks #capacitor #dispenser #halloween #arduino #drink #servo #c++

Mushrooms As Computer Memory - Fungi make up a massive, interconnected part of Earth’s ecosystems, yet they’re va... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/28/mushrooms-as-computer-memory/ #chemistryhacks #memristor #mushroom #mycelium #research #shiitake #fungus #memory #ram

Mushrooms As Computer Memory https://hackaday.com/2025/10/28/mushrooms-as-computer-memory/ #chemistryhacks #memristor #mushroom #mycelium #research #shiitake #fungus #memory #ram

Thermite Pottery Fires Itself https://hackaday.com/2025/10/25/thermite-pottery-fires-itself/ #chemistryhacks #Thermite #alumina #ceramic #pottery #Art

Simple Chemistry to Metallize and Etch Silicon Chips - We’ve been eagerly following [ProjectsInFlight]’s stepwise journey toward DIY semi... - https://hackaday.com/2023/12/03/simple-chemistry-to-metallize-and-etch-silicon-chips/ #chemistryhacks #tollensreagent #photoresists #aceticacid #peroxide #etching #glucose #piranha #silicon #vinegar #silver #teflon #ptfe

Copper Be Gone: The Chemistry Behind PCB Etching - For a lot of reasons, home etching of PCBs is somewhat of a dying art. The main re... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/31/copper-be-gone-the-chemistry-behind-pcb-etching/ #sodiumpersulfate #chemistryhacks #ferricchloride #hydrochloric #anisotropic #chemistry #isotropic #oxidation #reduction #featured #peroxide #etching #skills #copper #cupric #acid #pcb

Different Etching Strokes for Different PCBs, Folks - [Sebastian] probably didn’t think he was wading into controversial waters when he ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/08/different-etching-strokes-for-different-pcbs-folks/ #hydrochloricacid #sodiumpersulfate #chemistryhacks #ferricchloride #chemistry #pcbhacks #peroxide #etchant #etching #pcb

Growing Silver Nanoprisms With Light - Nanoparticles sound a bit like science fiction to minds of your average hacker — t... - https://hackaday.com/2022/05/09/growing-silver-nanoprisms-with-light/ #photomediatedsynthesis #chemistryhacks #nanoparticles #silvernitrate #ledlight #optical

Turning Scrap Copper into Beautiful Copper Acetate Crystals - Crystals, at least those hawked by new-age practitioners for their healing or rest... - https://hackaday.com/2022/04/20/turning-scrap-copper-into-beautiful-copper-acetate-crystals/ #chemistryhacks #copperacetate #peroxide #crystal #vinegar #copper

Coffee Cupping is a Grind — Spectroscopy Could Brew Better Beans - If you’ve ever bought whole coffee beans, chances are good that there was all kind... - https://hackaday.com/2021/05/01/coffee-cupping-is-a-grind-spectroscopy-could-brew-better-beans/ #pocketspectrometer #chemistryhacks #coffeequality #nearinfrared #spectrometer #coffeebeans #cupping #coffee #robot #nir