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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2"">HCAL: The
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2"">Spring Break:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2"">The prep lab will only be open on Monday from 8:00am-6:30pm. The Prep Lab will be closed the remainder of the week. There will be an exhaust shut down on Thursday.
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<b>NOT</b> expected to work over spring break. You are welcome to drop in Monday if you want to get hours.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#BA0C2F;background:white">Tyler Weaver</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#3F4443"><br>
Instructional Lab Supervisor</span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#BA0C2F">The Ohio State University</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#3F4443"><br>
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry<br>
280E Celeste Lab<br>
120 W. 18th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210<br>
(614) 688-3929 Office<br>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Weaver, Tyler <weaver.646@osu.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 9:30</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Prep Lab Students <preplabstudents@lists.osu.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Spring 2025- Week 9</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#C00000">Be sure you are reading the entirety of this email message. You are accountable for the entirety of all messages sent to you by the Prep Lab Staff. Emails sent
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">Hi there!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">We’ve only got Week 9 between us and spring break! Here’s what we need to tackle:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#C00000">Experiment Notes</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">-Refer to the window notes and gather sheets for additional details.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">Please see<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/preplabstudents/2025-February/000254.html"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2"">my
Week 8 email</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121"> for notes on PPG and SAL.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">SGR</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">Strawberry Jolly Ranchers are no longer manufactured, we have included red lifesavers in some sets of candies as a substitute. You may get questions about this.</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2"">The TAs will pick up candies from the window, these will be on the unknown shelf. Students will need to use the carboy of distilled water in the lab for this one- please check
the level in the carboy when you are doing your readiness checks. If it looks low, let us know. If the students need to re-smash their candies, they can do so by gently tapping the candy with an iron ring while the candy is resting on a silicone trivet. Be
prepared to pass out replacement 50-mL volumetric flasks.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">EMS</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">These will be set up on the bench beside Hood A. Replacement parts are available in the window.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">SST</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">This experiment will be done in pairs this semester and moving forward. If a lab indicates they don’t have enough meters and probes, be sure they are planning to
work in pairs.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">Students and pH meters don’t always get along. The lab supervisors and prep lab have made significant efforts to help this. pH meters, probes, and cables to connect
the two, are on the bench closest to Hood A.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">There will be a few rooms with a mix of old (black cable), most rooms will have new (white wire) probes. The probes with the black cables will need to be attached
to the top of the meters whereas the new probes will need to be attached to the probe and meter via the supplied white cables.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">Connections are made on the top of the meter by pushing and turning (BNC type). Both pH probe types will have either a black o-ring or blue rubber piece at the top
of the probe shaft to cushion it from the glass storage tube and help seal in the storage solution. These should stay at the top of the probes while the students are taking readings. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">If a student claims their pH meter is “broken”, they should have their TA try to calibrate it before bringing it to the window for an exchange. Emma has prepared
a guide on how to handle pH meter issues. It will be available in the window.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">HCAL</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">The lab manual asks the students to download and use a program called LoggerLite. This is no longer available. Students and TAs have been instructed to use a program
called Graphical Analysis. It can be downloaded from go.osu.edu/graphicalanalysis</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2"">GoTemp! Probes are in the lab in a drawer under the oven. USB adapters are also available in this drawer, if needed. Sarah, Emma, or I will take care of the unknown environment
which will be setup in Hood A.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2"">This one tends to either be quick or take the whole lab session. Flip thermometers, timers, and rulers are all in the student drawers. Extra thermometers and replacement batteries
will be in the window. This one usually uses a bunch of spill kits. Keep a close eye on your spill kits and request replacements as needed.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#C00000">Other Important Information</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">Summer Hours!</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">Anyone that is interested in working in the prep lab over the summer should let me know in the coming weeks. We have lab only one day a week this summer, Tuesdays
8:30am-11:25pm and 12:00pm-2:55pm, but will be open all week.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">Leaving the Prep Lab?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">Anyone that will be graduating or leaving their position in the Prep Lab for any reason after the end of spring semester should let me know as soon as possible. This
will help me plan staffing for fall semester.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">March is Workplace Eye Wellness Awareness Month!</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#212121">In celebration of this, we have hidden 5 goggle emojis around our spaces. If you can locate all 5, fill out one of the pink quarter sheets of paper on the Daily Sheet
cabinet with their location and what eye protection should be used in that area. Submit the sheet to any Prep Lab Staff member and earn a full-size candy bar!
<i>Please don’t share this information with others, this is also partially intended to be a reward for reading my Sunday emails. Only valid 03/03/25-03/31/25 while supplies last. Void where prohibited. See store for details.</i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:black;background:white">Best, </span></p>
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Instructional Lab Supervisor</span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#BA0C2F">The Ohio State University</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#3F4443"><br>
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry<br>
280E Celeste Lab<br>
120 W. 18th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210<br>
(614) 688-3929 Office<br>
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