Topic: do you have any borax in your home
Sheila LaBoof started this discussion 9 years ago #62,784
What have you done with the borax? Is there such a thing as generic borax
Z !!CQHwQtG/0 joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 7 hours later[^] [v] #788,503
Gold extraction mostly, but occasionally to make green flames too.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 19 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #788,504
Of course I do and many kids had it back when it was vital for FlubberFlubber is fun stuff to play with.
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Sheila LaBoof (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 1 hour later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #788,526
They named a coffee place after "one of the founders of realism in European literature"?
Syntax replied with this 9 years ago, 20 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #788,534
@previous (Sheila LaBoof)Anon C here
So I remember playing with Borax as a Teen cause it was dirt cheep and my Mom used in in the washer - I was building bombs rockets and fireworks and adding the stuff to the mix with poor results.
Today however if I were to use it - Wood be for a great shield from Neutrons from my Thermal Nuclear reactor (in planning stages only)
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 1 hour later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #788,540
@788,526 (Sheila LaBoof)
> They named a coffee place after "one of the founders of realism in European literature"?
yeah bonore de. ballsack
> They named a coffee place after "one of the founders of realism in European literature"?
yeah bonore de. ballsack
Sheila LaBoof (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 1 hour later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #788,564
lol boner the ballsack
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 5 hours later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #788,622
you now deeply feel your hairy ballsack pressed against her soft skin ... breatheAnonymous H joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 4 hours later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #788,655
i use it when i do laundry u mix a bit with naptha and your clothes get more clean, or something, i dont know, but thats what i use it for
Anonymous H double-posted this 9 years ago, 59 seconds later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #788,656
i use it when i do laundry u mix a bit with naptha and your clothes get more clean, or something, i dont know, but thats what i use it for
squeegee joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 8 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #788,698
@788,534 (Syntax)
planning stages, lol, i'm easily a year ahead of you then. what are you using, i'm sorry, planning on using, for neutron moderation?
planning stages, lol, i'm easily a year ahead of you then. what are you using, i'm sorry, planning on using, for neutron moderation?
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 12 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #788,702
@previous (squeegee)
He is going to pile up a bunch of old surfboards and let them wear themselves out in the re ocean blue
He is going to pile up a bunch of old surfboards and let them wear themselves out in the re ocean blue
Syntax replied with this 9 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #788,726
@788,698 (squeegee)> planning stages, lol, i'm easily a year ahead of you then. what are you using, i'm sorry, planning on using, for neutron moderation?
Borax of course - Really it works according to research
R U following this - This is a terrific story to follow with all the back up work serious Science guys are doing
http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2007-03/popsci-videoteen-builds-basement-nuclear-reactor
Build a Homemade Nuclear Reactor
Cost: $3,500
Time: 2 Years
Itching for a challenging science project, two years ago Thiago Olson decided to build a small nuclear reactor. He had limited funds, limited space in his garage, and little engineering know-how. After all, he was only 15.
With a year of research and another of building, Olson pulled it off, joining a club of fewer than 20 amateurs in the world who are known to have created â€fusors,†tabletop machines that fuse atoms to produce energy. There´s no risk of a mushroom cloud-the machine creates barely enough energy to heat a cup of coffee, and radiation officials in Michigan (where Olson lives) have already deemed it safe.
How did he do it? Olson pored over graduate-level physics textbooks, studied vacuum-pump manufacturers´ manuals, and scoured the Web for cheap parts. Though mostly self-taught, he occasionally solicited advice on a fusion Web site. Once, he posted photos of a cheap photomultiplier tube he´d bought online because he had no idea how to rig it up. Another fusioneer on the site who had the same model promptly told him which wires went where. Amateur nuclear engineers are, it seems, a helpful bunch.
Now, his reactor up and running, Olson has turned to an even bigger challenge: college applications.
**HOW IT WORKS
**
Two vacuum pumps suck air out of the central chamber, leaving a near-total vacuum. Loose atoms in here interfere with fusion and lower yield.
The chamber is filled with deuterium and jolted with about 45,000 volts of electricity. A negatively charged grid of thin steel wires attracts the now-positive particles, sometimes causing them to collide.
Colliding particles fuse to form helium-3. The resulting neutron emission is measured, proving that fusion occurred.
Cost: $3,500
Time: 2 Years
Itching for a challenging science project, two years ago Thiago Olson decided to build a small nuclear reactor. He had limited funds, limited space in his garage, and little engineering know-how. After all, he was only 15.
With a year of research and another of building, Olson pulled it off, joining a club of fewer than 20 amateurs in the world who are known to have created â€fusors,†tabletop machines that fuse atoms to produce energy. There´s no risk of a mushroom cloud-the machine creates barely enough energy to heat a cup of coffee, and radiation officials in Michigan (where Olson lives) have already deemed it safe.
How did he do it? Olson pored over graduate-level physics textbooks, studied vacuum-pump manufacturers´ manuals, and scoured the Web for cheap parts. Though mostly self-taught, he occasionally solicited advice on a fusion Web site. Once, he posted photos of a cheap photomultiplier tube he´d bought online because he had no idea how to rig it up. Another fusioneer on the site who had the same model promptly told him which wires went where. Amateur nuclear engineers are, it seems, a helpful bunch.
Now, his reactor up and running, Olson has turned to an even bigger challenge: college applications.
**HOW IT WORKS
**
Two vacuum pumps suck air out of the central chamber, leaving a near-total vacuum. Loose atoms in here interfere with fusion and lower yield.
The chamber is filled with deuterium and jolted with about 45,000 volts of electricity. A negatively charged grid of thin steel wires attracts the now-positive particles, sometimes causing them to collide.
Colliding particles fuse to form helium-3. The resulting neutron emission is measured, proving that fusion occurred.
https://phys.org/news/2013-02-nuclear-reactor-basement.html