[Ken] figured out how to get around the $500 price tag of a commercial unit by building this DIY melting point test apparatus. In this image he’s using a thermocouple to monitor the temperature ...

A DESCRIPTION of improved apparatus for the determination of high melting points, by his admirable new method, is contributed to the current Berichte by Prof. Victor Meyer, in conjunction with his ...

A common technique in organic chemistry is to determine the melting point of a specimen. While commercial options exist, [kymyst] decided to build one with similar (or better) functionality ...