This post continues from our last post on this topic: Glassware Cleaning Part 2 — How do you know it’s clean? This post can be found here. In our last post, we reviewed the basic concept of cleaning formulation equipment and presented a basic process that could be used for clean-up. This thought process generally works well with simple, ideal […]
This article continues from an earlier one discussing the cleaning of formulation labware. Part 1 in this series is entitled “Glassware Cleaning: The most argued over topic for all formulations”. View part 1 here. We left off in our last article on the question of how to know if your labware is really clean. What experimental techniques and […]
All beginning scientists start realize early on that scientists can be an argumentative bunch! We love to argue! And what is the most argued over topic ever? … Glassware Cleaning! Believe it or not, just asking how clean the glassware is can spark a heated, lengthy debate among scientists! And since any modern lab isn’t using just glass anymore but […]
To start off with, I will admit something that I almost never here seasoned scientists say: “I was a beginner once, too.” But I will go even farther than that; I will say that: “I once didn’t know what I was doing.” Why? Because formulation science is confusing! Any time we are combining ingredients in a new way, they […]