I wonder what we have here….

Update Nov 3, 2009: almost ready for some fun things…

1L and 500mL round bottom flasks, plus all the other bits for distillation. Enough to do reflux and workup. I have also gotten a separatory funnel (not shown) and other bits of glassware.

Upcoming soon will be a procedure for hydrolysis of vegetable based oils to obtain oleic acid, which amongst other uses will be for a ferrofluid procedure.

---

Oh what a lovely Tuesday morning, but what rouses me from my sleep so early?

My distillation glassware has finally arrived!

Just as a teaser, but perhaps down the road things like essential oil steam extraction and simple distillations will be posted.

My experience at Gull Lake

This last weekend I had the chance to go up to the University of Toronto Survey Camp as part of my freshwater ecology course with Dr. Nick Collins. The camp is normally used by Civil engineers to practice their survey skills in the field, but it is also situated on Gull Lake which like most freshwater lakes, supports a diverse ecosystem.

Zombie Outbreak! Matlab code included!

So this somewhat amused me today, I came across this paper by 4 students from the University of Ottawa and Carleton modelling zombie outbreaks from a math perspective.

What amused me more is that the matlab code is included. But most of all, section 6 – impulsive eradication made me smile. Being a fan of zombie films, I’m going to save this PDF for the inevitable zombie outbreak.

PCB Etching (Video!) Tutorial

So I just completed my printed circuit board etching video(s) last night, its a long walkthrough from essentially a piece of paper with toner on it, right down to a completed board. Its a 4 part video and its pretty long, so sit down and enjoy!

Science Songs!

So I stumbled across this gem of a find – a song that speaks about why we love NMR.

Hooray for NMR Spectroscopy and   Lyrics

Source: http://www.science-groove.org/

So it turns out there are a whole collection of songs on biology and chem… a select choice for any chem students (or mol. bio). A is for Alanine – Good for any student stuck memorizing amino acid residues

Links:

http://faculty.washington.edu/crowther/Misc/Songs/lyrics.shtml

http://www.science-groove.org/Now/