Other Materials

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Other materials & suppliers needed for experiments on Aura Vision through chemical screens.

Chemicals

• Ethyl Alcohol
  • Ethyl Alcohol, Denatured from Sciencestuff from Thomas Scientific
    • .90 Ethyl, .05 Isopropyl, .05 Methyl alcohols
  • Substitute Denatured alcohol from hardware store
    • Also use in alcohol lamps
  • Successfully obtained denatured alcohol from Home Depot painting department.
  • Obtained 99% pure from Thomas Scientific
• Isopropyl alcohol
  • Isopropyl alcohol, 90% v/v from Sciencestuff from Thomas Scientific
  • Substitute common 91% variety from local drugstore
  • Obtained 99% pure from Thomas Scientific
• Gelatin
  • Gelatin, Laboratory grade from Sciencestuff
    • Product code C1786
    • CAS# 9000-70-8
  • Alternate, unflavored gelatin from supermarket
  • Better alternate, photographic gelatin, bloom 250.
    • Photographers Formulary Hard Gelatin

Hardware

• Suitable dye viewing cells
  • Solution is Spectrophotometer / Florometer cells, see ViewingScreens
  • Try disposable petri dishes
    • 65 mm
      • Hold ~35 ml
    • 120 mm
      • Hold ~ 125 ml
    • Problem is sealing the petri dish
• Test tube stand
• Ring stand
  • small
  • large
• Pyrex baking tray
  • 2, heavy
  • Use for mixing dyes, loading viewing cells, carrying apparatus
• Ultraviolet light
  • Ultraviolet paint
    • Use to determine transparency to UV-A
    • Ultraviolet lamp, ordinary florescent type
  • Ultimately spectrophotometer is better for measuring UV transparency

Glassware

• flasks
  • 125 ml
  • 500 ml
• 500 ml beakers
• test tubes
  • way more than I'll every use
• graduated cylinder
  • small
  • large
• Funnels
  • nice glass
  • icky plastic
  • cool wooden stand

Manufacturing

• Packaging
  • Labels
    • Maverick Label - Small run, quick turn, good prices, good quality, what's not to like?
  • Boxes