#realTimeChem running two cells in parallel, Cu/Mn flooded/static cell and all-iron flow cell with a carbon steel negative current collector and nonconductive felt. Flow cell is all crooked cause I sent the wrong file for the steel collectors to the machine shop 🫠

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Huh, the International Union of Crystallography is raising their national membership fees by 10%

This is the first fee increase since *checks notes* 1993‽

Okay, yeah, it would make sense. their expenses have gone up a little in the past *33 years*.

Edit: As I recall membership is about $3000 USD per seat in the General Assembly, Canada pays for three seats.

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What happened: Student got MnO2, carbon black and isopropyl alcohol in their eye. Went to washroom to wash it out, lab manager got them to eyewash and got me, I called security and then while waiting outside to escort them to the lab, called the department safety guy, who called the university safety people (or security did?)

Then I printed it the MnO2 and carbon black SDS as they were having trouble finding them and made sure they would go along with him wherever he wound up.

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I do not get why people keep coming to me in emergencies.

All I do is go "Have you used $emergency equipment" and pushing the button to summon campus first aid.

And yet it keeps happening! YOU CAN PUSH THE CALL FIRST AID BUTTON YOURSELF! IT'S RIGHT THERE

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I say this as I wait outside my building to open the door for the paramedics, please wear your goddamn fucking safety goggles while in the lab

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Edit: He seems fine, was sitting with the paramedic waiting for transport to the hospital to get a doctor to check his eye out to be sure

Edit 2: He was back at work today, and the doctor said the discomfort should be gone in 72 hours

I am working through a 420 page manual quantitative IR analysis software, I have never done quantitative IR before and it seems unpleasant so far

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#RealTimeChem cycling an all-iron flow battery!!

First few "cycles" are oxidizing sacrificial excess ascorbic acid added to reduce initial Fe (III) present and minimize ambient oxygen. Charged 2 mAh and discharged until discharge capacity approached 2 mAh as ascorbic acid was oxidized. Now going to higher capacities 🤞 #battery #OpenSource #OpenSourceHardware