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Chemistry

579 blueprints available • 22 subcategories

Blueprints (579)

Making Tin-Lead Solder — The Ancient Alloy That Joins Metals Without a Forge
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Making Tin-Lead Solder — The Ancient Alloy That Joins Metals Without a Forge

by PeterSE

Metal

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Making Lye from Wood Ash — The Alkali That Unlocked Soap, Tanning, and Dyeing

Making Lye from Wood Ash — The Alkali That Unlocked Soap, Tanning, and Dyeing

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

106
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Striking Fire with Flint and Steel — The Iron Age Upgrade to Fire Starting

Striking Fire with Flint and Steel — The Iron Age Upgrade to Fire Starting

by ForgeNO

Metalworking

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Making Bakelite — The First Fully Synthetic Plastic That Launched the Age of Polymers
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Making Bakelite — The First Fully Synthetic Plastic That Launched the Age of Polymers

by CharlieDE

Plastic

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Synthesising Aspirin — The Reaction That Founded Modern Pharmaceuticals

Synthesising Aspirin — The Reaction That Founded Modern Pharmaceuticals

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

55
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1
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Making Celluloid — The First Synthetic Plastic That Changed Everything
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Making Celluloid — The First Synthetic Plastic That Changed Everything

by CharlieDE

Plastic

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Making Nitrocellulose (Guncotton) — The Nitration That Launched Smokeless Powder and Plastics
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Making Nitrocellulose (Guncotton) — The Nitration That Launched Smokeless Powder and Plastics

by CharlieDE

Plastic

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Vulcanizing Rubber with Sulfur — The Accidental Discovery That Put Tyres on the Road

Vulcanizing Rubber with Sulfur — The Accidental Discovery That Put Tyres on the Road

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

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Making Portland Cement from Limestone and Clay — The Material That Built the Modern World

Making Portland Cement from Limestone and Clay — The Material That Built the Modern World

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

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Electrolysis of Water — Splitting the Molecule That Fooled Chemistry for Centuries

Electrolysis of Water — Splitting the Molecule That Fooled Chemistry for Centuries

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

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Making Bleaching Powder — The Chlorine Chemistry That Made White Fabric Affordable
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Making Bleaching Powder — The Chlorine Chemistry That Made White Fabric Affordable

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

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Making Soda Ash by the Leblanc Process — The Chemical That Made Soap and Glass Affordable
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Making Soda Ash by the Leblanc Process — The Chemical That Made Soap and Glass Affordable

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

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Making Sulfuric Acid by the Lead Chamber Process — The Acid That Built the Industrial Revolution
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Making Sulfuric Acid by the Lead Chamber Process — The Acid That Built the Industrial Revolution

by CharlieDE

Industrial

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Making DPP Red (Pyrrole Red) — The Accidental Ferrari Pigment That Ended the Synthetic Colour Revolution
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Making DPP Red (Pyrrole Red) — The Accidental Ferrari Pigment That Ended the Synthetic Colour Revolution

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

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3
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Making Isoindoline Yellow — The High-Performance Pigment That Outlasts Cadmium
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Making Isoindoline Yellow — The High-Performance Pigment That Outlasts Cadmium

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

55
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3
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Making Quinacridone — The Synthetic Organic Pigment That Obsoleted Alizarin Crimson
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Making Quinacridone — The Synthetic Organic Pigment That Obsoleted Alizarin Crimson

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

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Making Dioxazine Violet — The Staggeringly Powerful Purple That Replaced Cobalt Violet
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Making Dioxazine Violet — The Staggeringly Powerful Purple That Replaced Cobalt Violet

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

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Making Phthalocyanine Green — The Halogenated Phthalo That Replaced Viridian
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Making Phthalocyanine Green — The Halogenated Phthalo That Replaced Viridian

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

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Making Phthalocyanine Blue — The Copper Complex That Became the World's Most Used Blue Pigment

Making Phthalocyanine Blue — The Copper Complex That Became the World's Most Used Blue Pigment

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

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Making Hansa Yellow — The Monoazo Pigment in Every Paint Box Since 1910
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Making Hansa Yellow — The Monoazo Pigment in Every Paint Box Since 1910

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

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Making Para Red — The First Azo Pigment That Launched Modern Colour Chemistry
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Making Para Red — The First Azo Pigment That Launched Modern Colour Chemistry

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

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Making Lithopone — The Co-Precipitated White Pigment of the Industrial Age
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Making Lithopone — The Co-Precipitated White Pigment of the Industrial Age

by CharlieDE

Industrial

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2
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Making Synthetic Alizarin Crimson — The Coal Tar Pigment That Destroyed the Madder Industry
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Making Synthetic Alizarin Crimson — The Coal Tar Pigment That Destroyed the Madder Industry

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

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Making Titanium White — The Pigment That Ended Two Millennia of Lead White
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Making Titanium White — The Pigment That Ended Two Millennia of Lead White

by CharlieDE

Titanium

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