Week of 12/12-12/18

Only update this week is from San Marino‘s Blank Team. They tested last week’s plate (see last week for template), though there was a considerable coffee ring effect and mild flaking, especially the center of the “pure” Zn spots. Spots are all green (starting),...

Week of 12/5-12/11

Updates have been thinning out from all of our teams… remember to post EVERY week! Even if it’s just to say you didn’t have a meeting. Beckman has decided they will do a quick experiment to test the effects of using UV light (ie ozone cleaning) on...

Week of 11/28-12/4

Beckman: Made their first plates this week with different ratios of Cd(NO3)2, Fe(NO3)3, and  Cr(NO3)3. They used a standard pattern to predetermine the  locations of the iron standard spots to use consistently throughout the year. For the first plate, they used...