counting chickens?

ok, this may be me celebrating too early, but i think i finally did an experiment that worked today! my product actually looks as described – pale tan colored solid. that hasn’t happened much recently, so i’m stoked (does anyone use that term anymore?). they’re actually pretty; spikey little crystals. i tried to get a few pictures, but it’s super hard to do that with it in the glovebox – i gotta shoot through two layers of glass. i might make a photopost of it later if they turn out, or just add to this post later.

in other news, had to change out the nitrogen tank (finally!) today. it’s been worrying me that it’d run out overnight, but we managed to catch it pretty much the moment it ran out (a first…we always seem to only notice it’s finally out when the oxygen count on the box starts to go up alarmingly quickly). i’m pretty proud of us for that.

in other news… also, found out that the product of the next step i’m set to do only keeps for a week (and is light, air, and moisture sensitive…great for sunny, humid, summertime florida!). as i’m only here for one more week this summer, i’m thinking i’ll just focus on making more of my spikey crystals, and stockpile them for the fall, when i have more/less time.

~ by scififreaker on 2008.June.24.