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- 06 Apr 2023, 07:54
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: Taking Mercury to the class room
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11016
Re: Taking Mercury to the class room
IMO, we have Antimony, is all good with me. Use gloves and demo only.
- 01 Apr 2023, 08:59
- Forum: Sourcing Materials & Eq Repairs
- Topic: grease pencil
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4620
Re: grease pencil
We use chinagraph pencils, students don't seem to steal them, easy to wipe off.
- 30 Mar 2023, 11:05
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Ordering for Practical Lessons
- Replies: 50
- Views: 27914
Re: Ordering for Practical Lessons
Since I've popped the 3 day warning in RA, I've had every teacher who have put in pracs late come and see me within minutes... love it. They seem to be running scared.
- 30 Mar 2023, 11:03
- Forum: Sourcing Materials & Eq Repairs
- Topic: Geiger Counters/Timer Counter Scaler Frequency Instructions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4492
Re: Geiger Counters/Timer Counter Scaler Frequency Instructions
For the IEC one, I would just plug in a tube and turn her on.... press buttons. You can't really destroy it
- 30 Mar 2023, 09:21
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: updating SDS's
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6030
Re: updating SDS's
I am in a similar situation as Merilyn1, have a system and my spreadsheet actually flags when one is coming due (the 5 year mark)...I go in every 2-3 weeks and check, update and reprint if needed. I also review all our Chemical Risk Assesments (we do a RA on every chemical before it gets ordered / o...
- 27 Mar 2023, 10:31
- Forum: Chemistry and Labware - General
- Topic: Sodium Dichromate for cleaning glassware
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13232
Re: Sodium Dichromate for cleaning glassware
I use 10% HCl, soak for a few days and off you go.
- 23 Mar 2023, 08:39
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Ordering for Practical Lessons
- Replies: 50
- Views: 27914
- 23 Mar 2023, 08:32
- Forum: Sourcing Materials & Eq Repairs
- Topic: copper ore
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4176
Re: copper ore
I have sourced real copper ore from drill holes from Rio Tinto. You could always fire off an email to their generic email adress. I have an inside contact but can't really share that.
- 21 Mar 2023, 07:44
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Ordering for Practical Lessons
- Replies: 50
- Views: 27914
Re: Ordering for Practical Lessons
With keeping copies of RA... we do only for the year they are running. At the end of the year I do a backup on RA and send them all to a file. No more hard copies anywhere and they are then saved in the system for ever.
- 15 Mar 2023, 09:10
- Forum: The Lab Tech Position
- Topic: Limit on number of Practicals done each week?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11092
Re: Limit on number of Practicals done each week?
We are a Vic Gov school, teachers can order however many they want. Our most was 22 on 1 day. We avergae 5 pracs/day. I have a rule that teachers need to book 1 week notice for old/repeat pracs, 2 weeks notice for new or developing pracs. We are lucky enough to have the room and so many trollys/tubs...
- 10 Mar 2023, 15:07
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: Environmental friendly Disposable Gloves?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8777
- 09 Mar 2023, 09:54
- Forum: Sourcing Materials & Eq Repairs
- Topic: Wheatstone bridge
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5633
Re: Wheatstone bridge
We have 12..use them every year in Physics, depends on your physics teachers I think. Ours have about 5 strands of wire up and down them Different diameters so we know the resistance they should get but the students don't.
- 09 Mar 2023, 09:51
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: Environmental friendly Disposable Gloves?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8777
Re: Environmental friendly Disposable Gloves?
Make sure they meet regs for when you use higher concs of nasty stuff.
- 06 Mar 2023, 07:10
- Forum: Chemistry and Labware - General
- Topic: Cobalt Glass supplier
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4185
Re: Cobalt Glass supplier
We have purchased from Flinn before, Canadian based, great serivce... we use a credit card.Marama T wrote: ↑01 Mar 2023, 11:25 I found this on Google, after a bit of a search. No idea where they're based.
https://www.flinnsci.com/products/appar ... es-cobalt/
- 02 Mar 2023, 15:09
- Forum: Sourcing Materials & Eq Repairs
- Topic: Water Filter Replacement Cartridge
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4084
Re: Water Filter Replacement Cartridge
I think westlab used to sell them
- 28 Feb 2023, 13:37
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: printers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5272
Re: printers
We have a black and white in our lab office, budget comes out of science. I would go insane if I didn't have a printer.
- 24 Feb 2023, 08:55
- Forum: Recipes and Pracs
- Topic: Algal Balls
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4342
Re: Algal Balls
We make them ourselves...... if you have the time well worth the saving of $$$. If you are too busy, your time is money.
- 22 Feb 2023, 07:45
- Forum: Safety with Chemicals
- Topic: Risk Assessment
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4794
Re: Risk Assessment
I tell my teachers that they need a Risk Assess becasue if something happens and a student is injured that they are responsible (not me). I also remiind them of the new workplace manslaughter laws.
- 21 Feb 2023, 10:06
- Forum: Sourcing Materials & Eq Repairs
- Topic: gauze mats with solid centre
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4532
Re: gauze mats with solid centre
We have a mix in our labs... kids just grab randomly. Have never had a teacher ask for one or the other.
- 20 Feb 2023, 15:15
- Forum: Sourcing Materials & Eq Repairs
- Topic: gauze mats with solid centre
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4532
Re: gauze mats with solid centre
heat distribution is my guess, so you don't have direct flame on glass.. but don't know for sure