Month of 12/19-1/15

Happy 2018 everyone! Now that we’re getting back into the swing of things after winter break, it’s time to share some SEAL updates. We have lots more this month Alverno has posted their first update! They are divided into four groups this year: CO2...

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...

Month of 10/22-11/27

It’s been a few weeks since the first blog post of the year. Now it’s time for a recap of the past month as more and more teams have added updates to their google drive docs. Excuse the extra long post. We’ll be back to weekly updates soon!...