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fusso, that would be great but he has dimentia in the 4th stage. if you want to try to talk to him and make sense of it, by all mean, please go
ahead. I can set it up for you.
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I feel sorry for your dad's sickness.
[Edited on 09/05/18 by fusso]
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JJay
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No lab setup should be without a decent camera.
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ok, JJay, just curious why a camera is so important, do you mean for capturing events as they occur?
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A camera is a great way of recording observations. I just use my phone and find it adequate -- even for yt clips.
Jjay may be overstating the importance a little but it is great to have something that focuses well, reproduces colour accurately, copes with low
light levels when needed and can record video. It means you can compare several runs of the same reaction when you need to and gives a better
representation of what occurred than mere text.
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JJay
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| Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1 | A camera is a great way of recording observations. I just use my phone and find it adequate -- even for yt clips.
Jjay may be overstating the importance a little but it is great to have something that focuses well, reproduces colour accurately, copes with low
light levels when needed and can record video. It means you can compare several runs of the same reaction when you need to and gives a better
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It's also good to have lots of containers (plastic bags, vials, etc.), not to mention labels. I usually just write my labels with a marker, along with
the tare weight of the container and some information on the quality of the sample, but a lot of people like printed labels. It may be helpful to
include information such as when the contents were placed in the container, and it wouldn't hurt to have a serial identification number on each
container, perhaps indexed to entries in your notebook with more information.
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| Quote: Originally posted by LaBoom | ok, JJay, just curious why a camera is so important, do you mean for capturing events as they occur?
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Oh, that's because it can be very hard to convince people of things that happened in the lab without visual evidence.
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LaBoom
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| Quote: Originally posted by JJay | | Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1 | A camera is a great way of recording observations. I just use my phone and find it adequate -- even for yt clips.
Jjay may be overstating the importance a little but it is great to have something that focuses well, reproduces colour accurately, copes with low
light levels when needed and can record video. It means you can compare several runs of the same reaction when you need to and gives a better
representation of what occurred than mere text. |
It's also good to have lots of containers (plastic bags, vials, etc.), not to mention labels. I usually just write my labels with a marker, along with
the tare weight of the container and some information on the quality of the sample, but a lot of people like printed labels. It may be helpful to
include information such as when the contents were placed in the container, and it wouldn't hurt to have a serial identification number on each
container, perhaps indexed to entries in your notebook with more information.
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this is why I wanted to learn chemistry in the first place.....to avoid having to replicate my dad's lack of identification and marking of unknown
substances. but i see your point. you seem a lot more thorough than my dad's label of "weed killer" written on the jar. lol
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Look through the "tour my lab" thread, a picture is worht a thousand words, you will see what every one has don and how they go about it as an idea of
what to do.
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| Quote: Originally posted by XeonTheMGPony | | Look through the "tour my lab" thread, a picture is worht a thousand words, you will see what every one has don and how they go about it as an idea of
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thankyou very much.
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