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| eustatic | "I owe Matej samples. Stevie gave me some brown jars, so i can divide the bulk samples and mail them to him. then, we can zap them independently! S " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| warren | "Tar Balls over time? Scott, I'd be really interested if you collected a set of a bunch of different tar ball spectra, esp. in different states of ..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| liz | "Fantastic and entertaining write-up @eustatic -- thanks all! " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Awesome Scott! Thanks for posting. What about what we found with the Spec? I could post a follow up note on some of the issues we ran into there, o..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| eustatic | " " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5233/14324445688_189d7e59a6_h.jpg I guess it is fluorescing! " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| warren | "I think the 405 nm ones may be enough -- this looks like fluorescence just like crude oil, so we'd only be measuring >400nm light anyways. The i..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| warren | "Also why does the laser show more in the coal dust vial? Are you sure it isn't fluorescing? Could you take a clearer photo? " | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| warren | "Wow, great work. For Grand Isle Coffee 10x (the one where the laser doesn't go all the way through), it looks like you could dilute it further. Or ..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "we can source UV lights in the 370nm band-- they're expensive, but not THAT expensive. we might also be able to get some free samples from a manufa..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| warren | "This looks great! Now, the tough part -- detecting enough light to get a spectrum. If you let the sample settle for a few days, does it look more c..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| warren | "Also, i ended up ordering those crude oil samples online: http://publiclab.org/notes/warren/05-03-2013/crude-oil-samples-for-purchase-online I'm h..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi Scott -- what kind of light are you using? When i've done this, i've let it settle in a clear container so I can see that all the muck has real..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago |