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danbeavers "The cotton balls that I have do not have brighteners. I checked with my UV laser. I was wondering if they have the same absorption characteristic..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
mcairns "Hi All, Tampons shouldn't contain brighteners--we tested several different types, from the "all natural and organic" types, to plain old Tampax, to..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
danbeavers "I wonder if just plain cotton balls would work just as well? " | Read more » about 9 years ago
gretchengehrke "What kind of tampons did you use in this experiment? I was just looking up tampon materials, and it looks like different brands use cotton, rayon,..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
warren "This is one of the first things that was done with UV fluorescence with the Public Lab Spectrometer -- showing brighteners in free & clear laun..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
gretchengehrke "This is great. Using absorbent materials to concentrate aquatic contaminants for analysis has a good, long history and the next step -- extracting..." | Read more » over 9 years ago
btbonval "As an example of something with low specific heat capacity, you could fill your fridge with metal pots. Although the pots won't fall out of the fri..." | Read more » almost 10 years ago
btbonval "As a heads up, the contents of the refridgerator can make a huge difference. If you have a fridge with nothing in it at all, the fridge is only co..." | Read more » almost 10 years ago
sara "Thanks for sharing your project! Particularly the easily made error of covering up sensor. It's a great reminder to the rest of us! " | Read more » about 10 years ago