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Please feel free to correct me but this is how I work out mass needed.
Mass (grams) = Molarity needed (eg 0.5M) X Molecular weight (which is on most containers of chemicals)
This is to make up 1000ml of solution

Fantastic to get this forum back!!

We have them for our Farm Studies students and the program is about raising healthy Chickens, so the students just weigh, measure their growth and look after them. They are kept at school until they have all their adult feathers and are then sold to students in minimum groups of three.We have had ap...

I get day old chickens from Wagner,s Poultry (Google them) at Coldstream. They have freighted them to Morwell for me. They are fantastic to deal with. The best thing is we can order females that are easy to re-home at the end of the program.

While we are talking about postage.............. I ordered pancreatin, genetic barley and 10g thymol. Thymol arrives this morning at a freight cost of $21.00 and a note to say it couldn't fit in the bag with the other goods. Pancreatin and seeds come this afternoon at a freight cost of $17.50 and a ...

Every year here.

Hello all
Can anyone tell me if Pancreatin can be replaced with pepsin ?

I am off to see Bruce Springsteen tonight, and if he doesn't pick me out from the crowd to run off with him to live happily ever after................... I will be going 4WDriving for Easter with my Hubby !!!

We do a smellies prac using black film canisters with a bit of each scent under a peice of cotton wool...our list of smellies are deep heat onion rosemary dim sim vegemite tomato sauce detol dishwash liquid liquorice vinegar toothpaste coffee pva glue anchovie plastercine yeast curry powder vanilla ...

Labcon is the conference run by the Lab Techs Association of Victoria. This year it is held 23-25 of November.

Who in labbie world is heading to Labcon this year ??? I will be there Wednesday and Thursday !!!Yeah !!

Our classes use small balls of plasticine..no complaints so far

I am going to the STAV (Secondary Teachers Ass. of Vic.) conference, I will be comparing it to the LTVA (Lab. Tech. Ass. of Vic) who run a really great conference at the start of December each year. Would love to catch up with other chemtalkers !!!

Hi all........just updating on the Barium. The teacher came in early one morning and did a test run for her demo. She was happy with the small reaction she got. What was good in practice wasn't so good in class, the same sized peice went off with a real bang, shooting across the bench and leaving a ...

hello all....
I have a teacher who wants to try to burn both Barium and Calcium and also put them in hydrochloric acid, has anyone had any experience with these?

Thanks for you replies...........will let you know if the chem teacher goes with this option and if it works......

Hi all out in lab world, hope you all had a good break.
I am trying to get a prac together that requires a "chloroalkane", the prac has tert-butyl chloride listed (2-chloro-2-methylpropane), does anyone know an alternative????
Any help would be great
thanks
Anne

Thank you !!!

While you are at it ....add another to the list
stephens.anne.m@edumail.vic.gov.au
Thanks heaps and heaps
Anne

I have been using the program for a couple of years and love it and it is getting improved all the time, I find Chemwatch to be a pain in the neck to use!!