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I faxed the Clock reaction to the two who requested it.
Please post acknowledgement when you receive it

Sounds like the Clock Reaction to me.
Post your fax no. and I will send you a copy...it is great fun

This is a fume hood only,Teacher Dem
When I worked in NSW we did not make it!!!
Check your CSIS handbook
My advice is tell hin NO!

I would recommend a video microscope,video flex,data loggers,water testing backpacks....to name just a few.
Update your Physics equipment....check out the Pasco stuff

You are under no obligation to transport chemicals.
The second campus should have their own supply and stored correctly.
In 20 years I have not transported chemicals in my car...it is too dangerous!!!!

Hi Joy, This reaction will stay hot for a time so be careful. Leave it in the bucket in the fumehood,turn on the fumehood and add lots of water to the mixture....when it has stopped reacting and is cool wash it down the sink with copious quantities of water. Discourage him from doing this reaction a...

Hi Smiley,
i am in Qld and we purchased the Philip Crisp software...it is somewhere to start.
Having worked in NSW for 15 years I know they are well ahead of Qld on OH&S and hazardous substances and the sooner we get the CSIS package the better.

The addition of steel wool to copper sulfate soln(1M)_ is a good one to do....temp increase about 15 degrees.
Do it in polystyrene cups.

I would like to clarify the list of "banned" experiments I have shared.This is meant as a guide and to alert new labbies to some of the dangers.The list was given to me years before we had the CSIS handbook and was very helpful. In 20 years experience I am aware that there are teachers who...

Concentrations of solutions are based on their molecular weight.....so the molecular weight per litre gives you a 1M solution,then you work your desired concentration from that...it is copper sulfate solution just the pentahydrate not the anhydrous.The anhydrous solution would be made up on its mole...

We have Miele and that is the machines I have used at previous schools.
You can buy test tube baskets and racks for measuring cylinders,flasks etc
the machines are robust and the service here and in NSW is excellent...worth the money

Hi Biker,
I am a Qld labbie of 3 years prior to that I worked for 17 yrs in Sydney.
My email address is judy.robinson@stritas.qld.edu.au
Love to hear from you.

Put all the cloths and the rods in a drying oven at a temperature similar to a clothes dryer for about 20mins...works wonders.
Failing that dry off cloths and rods using a hair dryer.
The hair dryer works on the dome of the Van de Graaf if it is a high humidity day as well

Lada,please post your fax number and I will fax information from the CCH lab manual which will help.
Best solution is to keep no animals.

I have only ever used the online version...Chemgold
It is excellent and I use it for labels,manifest etc
our senior chemistry students also use it

That is a bit extreme ,the dichromate and acid.
For 20 years I have used a dilute solution of oxalic acid...works for me.
whilst oxalic acid is poisonous it is less hazardous than dichromate and chromic acid.

We buy foam sheets from an art supplier and cut them to size.
When finished they are binned...no washing up and easy to store.

there is an excellent protocol for Microbiology from Sheryl Hoffmann at Concordia College SA
Her email address is shoffmann@concordia.sa.edu.au however I think I downloaded it from the net.
I have a method for gram staining if you can give me your fax number.
we gram stain every year..it is easy

You should be using water baths or heating mantles
if you don't have either put the flask into a beaker of water and heat the water...much safer

Potassium iodide will work as a substitute in most cases