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LadySunami · Joined: 04 May 2009 Posts: 148 Location: Elsewhere

Ah, I didn't think about swimming pools. That makes sense.

Some of those meters don't work well even with a warm up period and calibration. Of course, undergrads aren't always the best at taking care of instruments, especially if they're new to chemistry, so that could definitely be part of it.
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fritterdonut · Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:47 am Post subject:

That precious moment when you watch someone in the first lab of the year drop a $300 burette on the floor and it is dashed into trillions of little pieces, along with their chances of ever passing the course.
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LadySunami · Joined: 04 May 2009 Posts: 148 Location: Elsewhere

Now now, I don't know of anyone who actually failed a chemistry course due to breaking glassware. And burets don't come into play until lab #2 anyway.

The first lab here involves Bunsen burners instead, which is in some ways worse... Cue me snapping at students for leaving the gas on while trying to figure out how to work the lighters.
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Ember778 · Joined: 02 Aug 2012 Posts: 378