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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
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
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
Ag8n "I went to ohiomosslichen.org/ to see what's in the ohio area. Didn't seem like there was anything directly comparable to the lichens in the paper..." | Read more » about 2 years ago
Ag8n "Out of curiosity only. " | Read more » about 2 years ago
Ag8n "Ok, the parameters are listed. Is there an example of a study set up? " | Read more » about 2 years ago
Ag8n "Thank you. That's what I was after. Much appreciated!!! " | Read more » about 2 years ago
Ag8n "Working my way through the paper. One of the things the original talks about is " Extraction by immersion in DMSO" and "OD435/OD415 nm". This is ..." | Read more » about 2 years ago
Ag8n "Quite interesting. It will take several more readings before it's understood. " | Read more » about 2 years ago
Ag8n "Has Medtronic been approached about this? That should probably be the first approach. As far as the rest of it goes... We made catheters, heart a..." | Read more » about 2 years ago
Ag8n "On battery life- it wasn't very good. Mercury (as in mercury lamps) have a lot of lines that go all through the uv/vis spectrum. For a while(as in ..." | Read more » about 2 years ago
Ag8n "I got one of the 254 nm UVC lamps that might be usable for an uv/vis instrument as a gift . It's advertised as for sterilization of surfaces. The ..." | Read more » about 2 years ago
Ag8n "Sorry, but I only have access to the abstract. The wavelength mentioned there is 633 nm. Is the correct wavelength 633 nm or 533 nm? Regards " | Read more » about 2 years ago
Ag8n "Maybe transmission is possible. Most of the materials we analyzed could only be tested with reflectance. See if that makes sense for the material..." | Read more » about 2 years ago
Ag8n "Take a look at the video for the standardization of the instrument. If I read it correctly, with a few changes in the software (they list the code..." | Read more » about 2 years ago
Ag8n "I think your best bet is to call ocean optics. They used to be open to experimentation with their equipment. Unfortunately, the last time I dealt..." | Read more » over 2 years ago
Ag8n "I don't plan on making the modifications in the near future. If someone else would like to try it, feel free. To me, this is the initial investig..." | Read more » over 2 years ago
Ag8n "Thank you for the help. Have you used ASTM D6592-1? It was written in 2001 and removed in 2010 (apparently for no revalidation). But it used chem..." | Read more » over 2 years ago
Ag8n "Thank you for the papers. Still working my way through them. Wanted to comment on the difference between chemi-,bio-,and straight luminescence. ..." | Read more » over 2 years ago
Ag8n "A big problem with this type of instrument isn't the concept. That's not too hard. It's getting the reaction to go at a decent rate. Not too fas..." | Read more » over 2 years ago
Ag8n "The blood analyzer instruments from say 2000 were good, but not an order of magnitude better than those of a few years earlier. What was different..." | Read more » over 2 years ago
Ag8n "Looks great! " | Read more » almost 3 years ago
Ag8n "If a source like the sun or an incandescent lamp is used, then maybe using a photographic bg20 filter as a standard would do. The spectrum they a..." | Read more » almost 3 years ago