Lab Techniques & Safety: Crash Course Chemistry #21
Hank takes a break from the desk to bring you to the lab in order to demonstrate some important points about the practical side of chemistry - experimentation in the laboratory. You'll learn...
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Some of the best moments of my life have happened in labs. Also some of the worst. Like the time that I took a week to prepare a sample for NMR analysis, and then a classmate washed out the vials while I was sleeping for the first time in 3 days. Because he "couldn't find anything else" to use for his experiment. Interestingly, that resulted in my personal most significant laboratory injury. We all have one; I cut my hand while punching a paper towel dispenser in frustration. No one ever brought it up again. Today, we're going to talk about how to avoid injury in the lab, and some good techniques for using laboratory equipment correctly. First two lessons already learned: never wash out a vial you aren't familiar with and don't pu...
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Some of the best moments of my life have happened in labs. Also some of the worst. Like the time that I took a week to prepare a sample for NMR analysis, and then a classmate washed out the vials while I was sleeping for the first time in 3 days. Because he "couldn't find anything else" to use for his experiment. Interestingly, that resulted in my personal most significant laboratory injury. We all have one; I cut my hand while punching a paper towel dispenser in frustration. No one ever brought it up again. Today, we're going to talk about how to avoid injury in the lab, and some good techniques for using laboratory equipment correctly. First two lessons already learned: never wash out a vial you aren't familiar with and don't pu...
