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DIY – Make your own chemistry lab

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This video talks about the demise of the chemistry set over the years, but at the end it mentions something interesting: making your own chemistry lab in your home.

So how would you build and stock the home chemistry set? Here are some links that will help you learn how. The first article comes from 1932 edition of Popular Science:

How to Set Up Your Chemistry Laboratory

See also this illustrated glossary of lab equipment: Lab equipment

Now that you have a lab, what are you going to do with it? Here are some experiments:

Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture

If you would rather buy a kit, this seems like one of the more advanced kits available today:

Chem C3000 Chemistry Set

There’s also the virtual option:

Model Chemlab Pro

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