Australia's Science Forum

hello can someone give me a recipe for urine
I'm so over peeing into a bottle
kathy

I work in the NT and have 12 weeks off a year. I am what they refer to as a 92% position so i take a pay cut but it is spread out over the year. we get a month off in july and only a week each mid semester and 6 weeks at christmas. The govt is phasing this arrangement out so I am probably the last o...

can anyone tell me the formula for working out how many lab techs a school requires?
I believe it is a student to lab tech ratio. I need this figure to support my request for a position for a 1/2 time lab tech
ta kathy

making hydrogen gas used to break my heart until a maths teacher gave me this recipe large 2L side arm flask with stopper diggers caustic soda 1/2 cup black and gold alfoil 1 metre rubber tubing 1 metre bucket filled with cold water balloon place caustic soda in flask add 800ml cold water allow to c...

I have a new prac order to determine the'iodine number of Triglycerides'. It calls for the use of chloroform and iodine monochloride. both these chemicals i do not have and do not wish to work with and store. Am i being too careful? and is there a safer alternative to this prac that anyone can sugge...

i agree we should be called laboratory technicians or managers. I was in NZ recently and their title is 'Science Technician'. something to think about

I am a lab tech in Darwin and we are looking at installing a chemical management system in all high schools. we are preveiwing CHEMWATCH and CHEMALERT. I would like to know which states use which and some feedback on how well they work and which is the preferred sysyem.
thank you Kathy Pope