1. HELPING CHEMISTS FIND JOBS IN A TOUGH MARKET. 2. TOWARDS A QUANTITATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE QUALITY OF THE CHEMISTRY JOB MARKET.
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| Of course, it's not being used as an actual rotary evaporator. (Still from "Big Hero 6") |
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I would not want to see a rotovap filled with light blue vapors. The most likely scenario is that someone just put his ozonization reaction on it, without quenching it...
ReplyDeleteI still want to see this one, even if they get the rotovap wrong.
ReplyDeleteHow is the collection flask being held on without a clamp? The only reason which comes to mind would be if there were a vacuum inside the rotavap, which somewhat contradicts the presence of the blue vapors inside....
ReplyDeleteStand back I'm about to do science!
ReplyDeleteThis peeves me almost as much as every surface in a lab covered with Erlenmeyer and volumetric flasks full of colored liquids. Ack!!! However, it is only on the screen for a few seconds.
ReplyDeleteSee Arr Oh writes in to say:
ReplyDeleteRE: Fringe - If I recall, Walter (the basement-dwelling Harvardite) was having his son Peter brew up some test molecules, using the (*cough*) rotovap cold-finger as a reaction vessel.
Subtle rotovap abuse in the Oct. 16, 2014 edition of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
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