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Elegant* word of the day
Elution is a term used in analytical chemistry to describe the emergence of chemicals from the column of a chromatograph. As they elute, the chemicals typically flow into a detector. Predicting and controlling the order … -
The Smoggies
A small addition to my post of July 23rd. Front page of the Metro today, an article about increasing deaths in Canada due to smog. Glad its being mentioned. -
Lately I spend my days...
-reviving 80s cool -learning how to be a better chemist (probably can't see the chemistry on my new whiteboard in the background) -
Fun with Pesticides
Here are 2 amusing things that I read today in my chemistry text: " It has been said that the chemical substance that has saved more human lives than any other is DDT [due to inhibiting disease transmission through inse… -
CH4
Ok, another studious topic. When I blog about these things I tend to remember them better. So I knew that composting was good for several reasons: -saves space in landfills -returns nutrients to soils without syntheti…
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