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I learned this the hard way when trying to create iron nanoparticles. I found a great deal on a fair amount of iron pentacarbonyl while I was working at LANL.
by dhbradshaw 5y ago
I learned this the hard way when trying to create iron nanoparticles.
I found a great deal on a fair amount of iron pentacarbonyl while I was working at LANL. It was a few dollars to buy. Later I learned that it would cost thousands of dollars to dispose of!
- tdeck 5y agoIt's like the chemical equivalent of a timeshare. Better find someone else to buy it and take it off your hands.
- wpietri 5y agoDid you perhaps buy it from somebody who had found out how expensive it was to dispose of?
- drak0n1c 5y agoI wonder if you could give it to chemical plants or industrial forges that make use of it regularly. But the unknown sourcing, purity, and relatively tiny volume would probably be a total blocker - if not by company policy then by regulation. Maybe there's some kind of trial run or safety drill they can waste it on.