REGIONAL TECHNICIANS GROUP
Problems and Solutions - Index
2-phenoxyethanol - storage solution
for preserved animal specimens.
Ammonia - and the 'Fountain Experiment'
Biuret Reagent - a modified (safer) recipe.
Blood - two different recipes for artificial
blood suitable for 'blood grouping'
Bromine water - a safer way.
Bubble mixture recipes - different recipes for different bubbles.
Chlorine gas - laboratory preparation
without heating.
Copying chemical labels - the solution to an annoying problem.
Euglena culture medium - a simple solution
using yeast.
Eyes - may be preserved by freezing in saline
solution..
Dialysis tubing - an easy way to open.
Food samples, dehydrated - recipes
for STAWA Human Biology (Exercise 19.)
Iodine/potassium iodide solution - in
less time.
Magnets - cleaning off iron filings.
NO2 test solution - long
term storage of the solution used in the "Air Watch" programme.
Nylon - an alternative recipe using adipoyl
chloride and cyclohexane.
Paramecium culture medium - a simple
solution using yeast.
Philips head screws - removing a screw with a damaged head.
pH solutions - simple recipes.
Physarium (Slime Mould) - an alternative culture technique.
Potato slices - an alternative culture medium for fungi and bacteria.
Protein testing - using modified Biuret
Reagent.
Saliva - recipe for artificial saliva.
Saliva and starch reactions - a different view.
Slime - using PVA glue.
Slime - 'Green Slime' using guar gum.
Spill-Sorb - an organic material for
absorbing chemical spills.
Starch solution - an easy way to prepare.
Storage solutions for preserved animal
specimens - using 'Phenoxytol'
Universal Indicator paper - make your
own.
Urine - artificial urine recipes.
Storage ideas - Preserved specimens
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