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Elements of research
I’ve seen a few periodic tables doing the rounds on Twitter where people have filled in the elements that they’ve worked with. This is not a new thing — I’ve seen these over the last few years — but with it currently … Continue reading
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Tagged #IYPT, #IYPT2019, chemical elements, elements, lab work, periodic table
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My #overlyhonestmethods story
Single crystals suitable for X-ray crystallographic analysis were obtained when a solution of the salt in EtOAc/nC6H14/MeCN was allowed to stand at 20 °C for about 1 d. That sentence appears in the X-ray characterization section of only the second … Continue reading
Posted in In the lab
Tagged #overlyhonestmethods, chemistry, grad school, lab work, nmr spectroscopy, twitter, x-ray crystallography
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