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I just made a litre of Sodium dichromate + Acetic acid and I didn't use the fume cupboard,

didn't really know I had to....my bad. I am still here to tell the story.

Hey Smiley

We in the state systems in QLD feel ripped off. 11 week term and only 1 week off

Nowhere near long enough. I am like Pilar counting down the weeks until a decent break.........9 more weeks to go

Hi Kell welcome to chemtalk, a forum full of info and a bit of fun thrown in. When I first started I heard about "The Laboratory" and insisted that the school buy it for me, if they want a labbie to know what they are doing then they needed to buy that book for me. While I will not part wi...

We use paper towel here. I buy the rolls in bulk sometimes locally sometimes through gov. stores depends whats cheaper at the time. I buy $2.00 soap on tap and each lab has access and suprisingly it doesnt get wasted (plus I water it down to get more out of it) :giggle: Never had problems with wasta...

Yes it sets but only when in the fridge. It melts at about 30 degrees hence you cannot use gelatine as a substitute for agar.....ends up being a nasty smelly mess.

Ok Sassi you win ..........you are the best dressed labbie ever.


You are also probably 20 years younger then most and most likely 20 kg lighter then most.

All power to you......you go girl!!!!!!!

Wendy ......you cool dude.

Hey your not related to the Brownes from Bellata are you because they were tragic hippies caught in the 70s as well (I mean that in the nicest way too)

When our principal decided that he didnt want staff wearing denim he caused a bit of a stir so when our staff photos were being taken the whole staff bar the principal wore denim......you name it we wore it.....skirts jeans shorts jackets hats whatever we could get a hold of he turned up shook his h...

Hi Lisa

Could I please have a copy of the slide show too. nwate20@eq.edu.au


Thanks in advance.

Yes we only have the MSDS for the highest concentration. Gosh you would have way too much paperwork for every solution.

I deliver the tote boxes to all the labs we have 6 in total and 2 make shift labs if they run out of room depending on student size. 6 of the labs are in one block and the 2 make shift ones are in the next block. Our science block is 2 storey so that means a lot of climbing up and down stairs (good ...

I have never been invited to a faculty meeting. If I asked my HOD I'm sure he would say yes come along but I think it would be a waste of my time as it is all teacher orientated. If there is something I want put forward I tell my HOD and he does it for me, it would mean more coming from him as well....

Yes thats right Liz. They can hold 2 class sizes of dropper bottles - 8 per class (16 all up) easily. I'm telling you its a very very practical way of storing solutions. I love my prep rooms.....now if only they were air conditioned .........

Hi Lynda The red containers on the wall do hold all our made up solutions. Believe it or not we could use more, never thought we would fill them up but we have. I'm pretty sure we purchased them from the SDS catalogue (not sure if you have that it NT) but its a Qld Education supplies catalogue. I re...

labs 016.jpg labs 013.jpg labs 015.jpg labs 017.jpg labs 021.jpg Here are a few photos of our refurbished prep rooms after our fire in 2005. The photos were taken back then so we actually have a lot more stock now - but 3 and a half years later we still have heaps of storage room and we even have e...

Amylase solution: dissolve 0.1 gm of amylase in 100mls of water.

Make solution up fresh when required.

Yep Judy i didnt have any napisan so I used the washing powder and boiling water, soaked over night and guess what.........it worked a treat.

Cheers

We made our own kits up here too as the cost of store bought kits was a bit extreme. We managed to make about 5 kits for less then the price of 1. We have in a chinese container the following: Dropper bottle Universal Indicator Dropper bottle Barium sulphate 2 plastic teaspoons PH colour chart Set o...

Whats an easy way of removing liquid paraffin from glassware, it has the viscosity of vaseline and I cant remove it. It is about 100% humidity today and I am not prepared to spend hours trying to get it off. Anyone got a quick and easy way of removal????

Our chemical cabinets are vented and we do have an exhaust fan that runs all the time. We have louvered windows way up high (2nd floor) that are also open. Never has there been a problem with smells, vapours etc. You definately need ventilation. As for the room being air conditioned, I could only wi...