Australia's Science Forum

Interesting to hear two of you have them . Its obviously a school apparatus then . I like the idea of a coffee perculator :cheesy: Intersetingly the only google help was that the mob that made them also made anesthetic machines . I had wondered if perhaps it was a crude Chloroform generator . Put al...

Found this interesting piece in the bottom of the Physics Lab . Dosen't necessarily mean its got any thing to do with Physics ....or for that matter School science equipment . It consists of two equal sized copper tanks that each have a stop cock ( Tap ) on them . Between the two tanks is a dividing...

....have to have the top open so it vents .. To clarify .....the thermos flask has a screw on lid but it has a pressure relief vent. Was told to always have the vent open so it does not build up pressure and explode as the Nitrogen slowly warms inside . You want to get it just before its needed as ...

I get ours from the local Vet . Not sure about Ice-cream making and how much you need but I get about a liter and it costs $20 . The physics teacher uses it for superconductor experiment .......then its dibs by the other teachers ...frozen leaves ...frozen tennis balls .......classroom disco :whistl...

Thanks Merilyn1 ...That was what I was hoping would be a reasonable way to deal with it . Incidentally , how did you dispose of the suspect kits .....just that we have shelves full of poorly labled rocks that we have know idea what is what . My offsider is suggesting that the DET will send around a ...

Just went through our boxes from "geological specimen supplies" Turramarra ...these kits are dated 1986-1990. I could not find any of the mentioned samples from the WHS sheet so can I be confident that these are OK ? I found these guys on the WEB but when I ring the number (02) 9488 8162 t...