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Ag8n "In this area, lichens aren't common. Attached is a rough draft using lawn clippings to set up and test using various instruments. Don't know how ..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
bhamster "Hi @jdetka, this question by @patalbright and the comments section might have some tips to try: How to find the sweet spot for manual white balance..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
tylerknight "Great ideas! I'll add a percentage column to the table to better highlight how much of the month was over 12 μg/m3. Highlighting community reports..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
fongvania "Thank you for sharing updates on this project! Is the team planning to highlight specific times when you received community reports of odors or plu..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
jdetka "Hello, Did you make any additional progress with this? I'm trying to do the same thing and maybe we can collaborate on a solution. " | Read more » almost 2 years ago
alejobonifacio "I did this! Hi! Long time has passed since this original post. I was doing some in field measurements with this Cave Pearl Project based data logge..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
bhamster ":wave: Welcome @jdetka, and thanks for sharing! It's great to have you here. " | Read more » almost 2 years ago
alejobonifacio "Reading a little more I found that you could change the frequency of the PWM in arduino. I did not try to do this. " | Read more » almost 2 years ago
alejobonifacio "Hi! good question! The frequency of PWM of arduino is about 500hz. Is that enough for conductivity measurement? " | Read more » almost 2 years ago
jamesBstaionyor "I don’t understand why the responsibility for this falls only on the citizens, when it’s real to answer the authorities and all the organizations t..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
Ag8n "If using an instrument like a hunter colorimeter, be careful. There is the Hunter L,a,b scale. Then there is the cie L,a,b* scale. Most instrumen..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
Ag8n "Little change here. Most water or liquid measurements are on transmitted or absorbed light. " | Read more » almost 2 years ago
Ag8n "Its very easy to get these two instruments confused. If you are measuring color in industry(as in paint color, siding color, etc), its often with ..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
michelleiL "@JuliaGuerrein @caitlion " | Read more » almost 2 years ago
cebokad215 "Thanks for sharing the air quality data. " | Read more » almost 2 years ago
Ag8n "The tungsten lamp remarks only apply to the 660 nm red lines. " | Read more » almost 2 years ago
Ag8n "Best bet- use an old fashioned tungsten lamp. Not a LED claiming to be a tungsten lamp. An LED has a narrow bandwidth. An old fashioned tungsten..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
Ag8n "Looking into the 660 nm lines. It's not that LEDs don't exist for 425 nm region. They do. But the ones in the catalogs seemed expensive. Going ..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
stevie "Yikes that looks terrible! I'm sure you're reporting this. let us know how you do it and what happens! " | Read more » almost 2 years ago
Ag8n "There are 3 in 1 flashlights ( blue, white, and red) that would be good for this application- as long as the color was more like purple instead of ..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
Ag8n "If you are using the public lab spectrometer, a light source for around 400 nm is needed. It looks like there are some blue or violet led bulbs/ f..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
Ag8n "A test of this method might be to use lawn clippings and run it through the procedure. The idea is to extract chlorophyll, which should be presen..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
Ag8n "Another, more current option , is to use a coffee grinder. With the temperature issues this material shows, probably using the frozen state would ..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
Ag8n "As for the mortar and pestle, there are many options. Some mortar and pestles are very expensive, but they don't have to be. They should be easy t..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
Ag8n "Was checking one of the online vendors. Found new centrifuges for $70. Industrial quality centrifuge costs were much higher, but who knows. If y..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
Ag8n "Ok. Trying to stay as close to duplicate the original paper as closely as possible. R.la cera isn't in this area. But other closely related liche..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
chall0105 "Caleb Hall- 5/10/2022- Water Security Link 1: Overall, the water quality in Louisiana is good due to the clean water act. Under this act, the disc..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
Ag8n "One word of warning. Solvents ( like acetone) and plastic cuvettes do not usually go together. The worst case is the plastic melts, but the plast..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
simransia07 "Thank you @warren for replying back. I understand the time constraints you all have due to the high number of applicants and I know that you have t..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago
Ag8n "Still have to do more work. But the acetone extract seems like something that might be doable in a home lab type situation. The acetone extract i..." | Read more » almost 2 years ago