tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090606050135345849.post6313020512995077168..comments2023-10-30T16:29:53.907+01:00Comments on A Synthetic Environment: Top 5 chemists who died in really lousy wayssynthetic environmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10751505314520866767noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090606050135345849.post-7973784869982400792007-09-03T23:27:00.000+02:002007-09-03T23:27:00.000+02:00Great post! I have to say that the sulfuric acid b...Great post! I have to say that the sulfuric acid bath is pretty horrific.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090606050135345849.post-64343632582913658062007-03-04T14:11:00.000+01:002007-03-04T14:11:00.000+01:00Wow, missed that one. A very nice lousy way indeed...Wow, missed that one. A very nice lousy way indeed.synthetic environmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10751505314520866767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090606050135345849.post-3566699238312941532007-03-03T23:07:00.000+01:002007-03-03T23:07:00.000+01:00I can't think of a more lousy way to die than fall...I can't think of a more lousy way to die than falling in sulfuric acid reservoir. This is how Russian chemist Chichibabin's daughter died on her industry practice in 1920s. The workers around were polite enough to wait for the medics instead of immediately taking her clothes away and give her a shower. I really don't know how come, but it is said that she could have survived. Sulfuric acid with its density must be so easy to swim in...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090606050135345849.post-59464643786270333522007-03-01T09:01:00.000+01:002007-03-01T09:01:00.000+01:00You may think I have that problem, but there is a ...You may think I have that problem, but there is a chance that I speak your language much better than you speak mine.synthetic environmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10751505314520866767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090606050135345849.post-50235797314464029912007-03-01T01:30:00.000+01:002007-03-01T01:30:00.000+01:00Did she also have problems with her spelling?........Did she also have problems with her spelling?<BR/><BR/>..........'speach'........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090606050135345849.post-92156362902717129802007-02-28T11:27:00.000+01:002007-02-28T11:27:00.000+01:00I've been listening to the story of Wetterhahn and...I've been listening to the story of Wetterhahn and dimethylmercury circulate around undergraduates for the past few years (here at UF), as an ooo-ahhh story. slight changes have made its way into the story now and apparently the rumor mill has it as a former UF prof. too bad i won't be around for next years versionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090606050135345849.post-88687439572941806612007-02-27T21:27:00.000+01:002007-02-27T21:27:00.000+01:00This is a superb list. I'm sure there are many oth...This is a superb list. I'm sure there are many other similar cautionary tales out there.Chemgeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07803297898913358147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090606050135345849.post-2398616293864330262007-02-26T19:24:00.000+01:002007-02-26T19:24:00.000+01:00A grad student in my lab has done some organomercu...A grad student in my lab has done some organomercury work, and it seems like the story of Karen Wetterhahn gets brought up at every talk he's given.<BR/><BR/>Dimethylmercury makes such a spectactular Hg NMR standard though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com