Comments on: The Writing Process http://theimportanceofsalt.com/2009/05/25/the-writing-process/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:27:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: FoodiesQueen http://theimportanceofsalt.com/2009/05/25/the-writing-process/#comment-196 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:37:21 +0000 http://theimportanceofsalt.com/?p=969#comment-196 I used to work on thin films. Creating nanowires on them. :D

]]> By: David Koh http://theimportanceofsalt.com/2009/05/25/the-writing-process/#comment-195 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:31:17 +0000 http://theimportanceofsalt.com/?p=969#comment-195 Jiaxin: What kind of lab do you work in?

Haha yeah I was wondering if people would notice the chocolates. Thanks!

]]> By: FoodiesQueen http://theimportanceofsalt.com/2009/05/25/the-writing-process/#comment-194 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:12:10 +0000 http://theimportanceofsalt.com/?p=969#comment-194 >.< …I hate ethanol. The ultimate destroyer of my precious material in the lab. Haha.

Duhz! Eat and Drink in a lab is highly not advisable. I saw chocolates! LOL. Funny post!

]]> By: David Koh http://theimportanceofsalt.com/2009/05/25/the-writing-process/#comment-193 Sat, 30 May 2009 07:18:23 +0000 http://theimportanceofsalt.com/?p=969#comment-193 Hey Fen: I used a tripod! I don’t think I could make those faces if there was someone there.

Evan: Haha thanks!

]]> By: Evan http://theimportanceofsalt.com/2009/05/25/the-writing-process/#comment-192 Fri, 29 May 2009 11:44:23 +0000 http://theimportanceofsalt.com/?p=969#comment-192 you look cute with glasses :D

]]> By: Fen http://theimportanceofsalt.com/2009/05/25/the-writing-process/#comment-191 Fri, 29 May 2009 10:29:37 +0000 http://theimportanceofsalt.com/?p=969#comment-191 I guessed I just got too excited when I saw the bottle of 75% ethanol… but this is really an entertaining write-up… :D

I like the expression of you in all the pictures… did u mount the tripod or u got someone to take for u?

]]> By: David Koh http://theimportanceofsalt.com/2009/05/25/the-writing-process/#comment-185 Thu, 28 May 2009 15:53:05 +0000 http://theimportanceofsalt.com/?p=969#comment-185 Fen: Yeah alcohol can be used to preserve them. However over time it sometimes evaporates. (I don’t know why since the tubes are sealed.) But sometimes I get the dirty job of topping it up.

Sorry I should have been more specific. This ethyl alcohol is denatured making it harmful to consume. I just didn’t want some kid reading this blog and going to a lab to get alcohol to spike his drink, and getting sick or dying in the process.

]]> By: Fen http://theimportanceofsalt.com/2009/05/25/the-writing-process/#comment-184 Wed, 27 May 2009 15:19:05 +0000 http://theimportanceofsalt.com/?p=969#comment-184 Oh, I thought they are preserved using formaldehyde… I didn’t know 75% ethanol is sufficient to preserve them. To think I used it to spray on my arms before work, thus resulting very dry skin…

Actually, I was just wondering swab ethanol are toxic for consumption as they are methylated but can we actually drink the diluted ethanol with 99.99% purity?

]]> By: Fen http://theimportanceofsalt.com/2009/05/25/the-writing-process/#comment-182 Wed, 27 May 2009 00:58:22 +0000 http://theimportanceofsalt.com/?p=969#comment-182 Actually, I am not sure can it be consumed… There are actually two types of ethanol, one is the 99.99% purity while the other is methylated to prevent laboratory people from being intoxicated….

Since it is without impurities, I am not sure if the body can take a 70% or 75% ethanol… I haven’t tried that but I sure got alittle drunk after sniffing too much of it…

]]> By: David Koh http://theimportanceofsalt.com/2009/05/25/the-writing-process/#comment-181 Tue, 26 May 2009 15:31:43 +0000 http://theimportanceofsalt.com/?p=969#comment-181 By the way I hope no one ever drinks ethyl alcohol. It’s actually very harmful! Maybe I should make that clearer. It was just kidding in the post.

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