What does every home lab need?

[jason.kennedy.98478]

ISO 17025 certification is the #1 thing, everything else is meaninglessness

 

[jason2459]

ISO 17025 certification is the #1 thing, everything else is meaninglessness

Would be nice. Keyword though is home aka hobby.

 

[JimWelsh]

ISO 17025 certification is the #1 thing, everything else is meaninglessness

LOL! You should have to file a CAR for having ignored the Title of the topic!

 

[Agamerce]

Keep this going! Nerding really hard on this.

 

[fab]

Great thread, developing an excellent compendium of good information and links to sources and suppliers. I have this thread earmarked for when I start outfitting my home lab.
Thanks folks!
fab

 

[mibwb]

All this talk about stains, centrifuge and chemicals....reminds me, I have laundry to do.

 

[jason2459]

Any good chemistry or biology lab books to have fun with? Wish I still had my school books and lab notebooks but lost them to a flood in 2008.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

LOL! You should have to file a CAR for having ignored the Title of the topic!

Bahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

 

[jason.kennedy.98478]

LOL! You should have to file a CAR for having ignored the Title of the topic!

Don't forget a ICP MS that way you can test every thing at once, no extra sample lots needed

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Ya gotta admit that was funny....

 

[Breadman03]

Heisenberg.

There's a shop in Albuquerque that sells "blue meth" candy. The town has really embraced the film industry.

Ok, ok, but any lab should have a proper eyewash station.

 

[bblumberg]

I find that pipettors for water testing are very convenient. 100-1000 uL gets the most use, but a 20-200 uL also gets used.

We like these in the lab - they rarely need maintenance:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Eppendorf-R...047468?hash=item33bb5207ec:g:3ZwAAOSw2zlXhwGM

 

[bblumberg]

Any good chemistry or biology lab books to have fun with? Wish I still had my school books and lab notebooks but lost them to a flood in 2008.

Lots of good basic information in here:

http://www.cshlpress.com/default.tpl?action=full&--eqskudatarq=470

I ask all of the undergrads who join my lab to get and read this book. There is much more information than you need for the type of things we will do in our aquariums, but the essentials are there.

Bruce

 

[Kungpaoshizi]

Use this one myself, would definitely suggest a camera upgrade though.
https://amzn.com/B009VUPIKM

And these were a good add-on
https://amzn.com/B005ORIVQY

Few other goodies
https://amzn.com/B00W4XHF3G
Be careful with this stuff though so you don't breed something that will cause serious illness
https://amzn.com/B00DYO5P9U

 

[JimWelsh]

So, I'm confused. There seem to be two different labs being discussed: One a microbiology lab, and the other a chemistry lab. The microbiology lab posts seem to dominate. What was the OP asking about (here, in the Chemistry forum)?

 

[jason2459]

So, I'm confused. There seem to be two different labs being discussed: One a microbiology lab, and the other a chemistry lab. The microbiology lab posts seem to dominate. What was the OP asking about (here, in the Chemistry forum)?

Are you bringing up that focus thing again?

 

[jason2459]

Basically, I will be dabbling with both.

I was this focused in school too. I have taken more credits from Chem, biology, marine bio, physics, calculus, both those combined, geology, etc etc etc then my main under grad and graduate degrees. Drove my parrents nuts which I dont know why as I paid for it (or paying for it for the next 50 years...)

 

[fab]

There seem to be two different labs being discussed: One a microbiology lab, and the other a chemistry lab.

Does this count as bi-focal?

 

[fab]

For a biology and for a microbiology lab focus, it seems that darkfield and phase contrast microscopy, used either jointly or separately, would be quite advantageous. Is this correct?

I see some trinocular microscopes supporting these methods that also use Kohler illumination for around and even under $1,200.

Would this be a valuable tool in the home lab?
fab

 

[jason2459]

For a biology and for a microbiology lab focus, it seems that darkfield and phase contrast microscopy, used either jointly or separately, would be quite advantageous. Is this correct?

I see some trinocular microscopes supporting these methods that also use Kohler illumination for around and even under $1,200.

Would this be a valuable tool in the home lab?
fab

At really high magnifications the Kohler becomes limited if not limiting but very good for lower magnifications. A darkfield and phase contrast is very helpful is seeing what normally wont be seen under normal brightfield illumination. Both are on my list for microscope upgrades along with a more powerful mounted digital camera.