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Chemistry & Ciphering 101 Mystery Cache

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CarolinaTrombone: Sorry for those watch listing this as it is in my front yard and I'm currently putting my house on the market. I hope everyone had fun on this one. Maybe it will be resurrected at the new property.

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Hidden : 8/12/2010
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE LISTED COORDINATES, BUT IS LOCATED WITHIN 2 MILES OF THEM. The Cache is on private property but the cache owner has full permission. Ideally, contact the cache owner before you embark on the final hunt. Do not attempt at night without permission. Enjoy!!!

CarolinaTrombonethe forgetful chemistry teacher made a big mistake one day in the lab when he made the following solutions, but neglected to label them. CarolinaTrombone is usually very meticulous about the order for which he lists things and he was this time he just neglected to lab them with their names just with the numbers 1-6. The solutions are as follows:

·         HNO3

·         NaCl

·         NaBr

·         Na2CO3

·         AgNO3

·         H2O

 

In order not to endure fines by the EPA for disposal of an unknown chemical, he needs help.

 

A common way of figuring this out is to systematically react the chemicals together and hopefully a pattern will emerge. Luckily when the 6 solutions were reacted on a grid a pattern did emerge. Two solutions turned a yellowish color, one turned white and one solution produced bubbles. After a while the yellow and white solutions seemed to have a yellow and white powder settle out on the bottom. Below is a grid with the results.

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

1

Clear

Clear

Clear

Clear

Bubbles

Clear

2

Clear

Clear

Clear

Yellow

Clear

Clear

3

Clear

Clear

Clear

Clear

Clear

Clear

4

Clear

Yellow

Clear

Clear

Yellow

White

5

Bubbles

Clear

Clear

Yellow

Clear

Clear

6

Clear

Clear

Clear

White

Clear

Clear

 

Not only will the above puzzle need to be solved in order to find and log this cache, but you will need to decrypt the following message.

 

evrs zsml jcam avkr fsjh zqag emcf alqk aiyc tfsg eaec qvpp xvwx urqz sxdw myce oiyq kmiw rysn twfr zqci fwyx kgpa sfpw vflv hmzm jmyc ehgt malz lofj dwfm pytk txms lvbq usfa wxbr jpwm bfbx fvbr xmkl pmwc iowf mrav lhym txwm tllm vvbw goos ymvh erjlw ubsm vrqz xaxa grlf zekp wecm voio wgku gphx qaxh iwqb vbza svyt lefv gkkf vovq mkbo xgys fegw frpp rqaa qwmw yaqa lsvp qzih mfgz lggi dwxh lppp rqna ovrj yiqq lbjy vaeo pwwk mvoi ebsr ngtl jdwe mycr vaqz hhcc pled bzxk mrvj fpwu lqja saxw gkfg jszb sbec tfsg rmlk lglh fwcg fuvo izce uvpu mvau lavn tvfx mets mxlm zbzb jmtk idag wzso jlxw jbuc uvhu ceui moph qagw zsoj edjg grrg zmxd wkeg vyef mlar rypp xwhx erjl gavl tzlg yxti fdjd qywa tnbe eofj uzkm rrvl qbbs mrpg hpbc rscc ehgt mqxr

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)