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generally for saturated solutions - go to the Chemical data book - or the internet and look for the solubility OF THE COMPOUND. I t will be given in gms per 100 mL at 20 deg C.. that is the maximum weight of the compound that will stay in solution at that temperature in water. I boil the water and a...

I am OVER spending hours of MY time at home making new leads and screwing on the plugs.. so I now buy them in ready made.. and YES the plugs at the end have changed dimensions lately and do not fit the older equipment - I use a little screwdriver and tease out one of the sides on the plug - then the...

Hi everyone, I have become so aware in the past months that many of us are working in very difficult situations where the teaching staff and executive are treating the labtechs really badly. We work alone - so we have no one to help us, to talk with, to give moral and emotional support when this is ...

Hi Anastasia, I cannot help you as I do not know anything at the moment. The paper here is not writte.
I hope someone else can help you

I think it is the teachers problem about keeping records - not ours.. we do NOT get paid enough for this extra responsibility..

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have a look on the internet and see what you think.

How much is each beaker worth?? How much time and effort have you already put in???
Throw them out!

aquarium shops

That is weird! have you had an earthquake? or a big mouse jumping around your shelves.... are they really old bottles form Gov Stores? maybe they are past their use-by dates..

hahaaa Narelle you do that also!
lunch at the computer - saves so much time and also saves me being snubbe din staff room by office staff- and Science faculty

capillary tubing

Decision made by Head of Science and Principal - we are not to re-label any chemicals in the chem-store - not now , not next year. next year we are to refuse to accept any chemical deliveries where the label is not GHS compliant but we do not touch the old labels on existing chemical containers. I h...

Thank you smee.

we dont have one of these - but all our sinks go into a grease trap which we share with kitchens.. these are emptied every few years

GOOD ANSWER lab-woman, he is selling a proiduct and so will make sure we ""NEED"" that product..we have to follow workcover/safework not a person who has a vested interest..

I have just made a call to safe work and the person I spoke with told me that I MUST re-label everything by 2017 - just do it! so even their own staff do not know what to tell us.. I was told that I must be familiar with the document http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/sites/SWA/about/Publications/D...

SO - what should we do?? Phil Crisp told people to put black tape over existing label and put new GHS label on the bottle - do we do it or not??? we are told so many conflicting things aren't we!And no one makes the final decision.. we are left having to decide what is correct - we are supposed to b...

me too - piglets -except you have to cover their faces because they are so sweet

I have foudn that RiskAssess suggest that you back up and save all your RiskAssess on your own computer system in case their system fails - they also only keep them a minimum time.. so every prac now is saved onto our school system

I have made some inquiries and asked a few different 'experts' and also emailed the person involved.. They insist that we disinfect AFTER dissections and no gear goes out which is rusty or damaged.. Phil Crisp thinks that there was a miscommunication and that he doesn't recall stating that we had to...