Tom is the Australian chemist behind Explosions&Fire and Extractions&Ire, sharing energetic chemistry, ambitious shed experiments and the long road from an idea to a result.
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Tom’s happenings, collected from public sources, plus his backstory and Starbook, where fans write.
Tom asked fans for ideas for a sulfur-polymer lens project. He also shared that he had visited NileRed’s lab after Open Sauce and filmed a lead-casting video together.
Extractions&Ire released a video on making gallium lanthanum sulfide glass, a project involving obscure elements and plenty of experimental setbacks.
In “Academia is strange .”, Tom talks about his experience of academic life. The video follows his Patreon plans to discuss finishing his PhD, publishing papers and postdoctoral work.
Tom released “Can I make Silicon Carbide at home?” on Extractions&Ire. Its description sums up the challenge: “I just need to get hotter.”
Explosions&Fire returned to unusual oxidisers with “Impossible Perbromate Pyrotechnics at home”. Tom’s description asks: “Science is possible. But is it pointful?”
Follow Tom’s experiments, long projects and updates from the shed.
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