Zinc+Iron+Acetone+Hydrogen Peroxide

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When I added a zinc plated iron ball into the acetone-peroxide solution, they zinc started bubbling. The solution turned whitish. Then after leaving overnight it became grayish with orange red foam on top

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Nov 12, 2016

Could it be isophorone (really impure)

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Hand holding a clear plastic cup with an orange-brown liquid containing several dark metallic spheres floating and clustered on the surface.

Top-down photo of a clear plastic cup holding an amber liquid with a pale, cloudy sediment at the centre, with several greenish-grey metal beads or pellets scattered around the edge of the liquid and a small brass screw at the top edge of the frame.

Zinc+Iron+Acetone+Hydrogen Peroxide

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