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<span style="text-transform: none;"><b>The Weekly Mix</b></span></div>
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Volume: Spring 2026 | Edition: Week 12</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Schedule</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We’re in the home stretch! Let’s finish strong!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Experimental Details</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Review the window notes and any associated equipment guides for additional details. Please refer to t<a href="https://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/preplabstudents/2026-March/000345.html" data-outlook-id="d3ee64e8-7417-4875-81a2-dd4158b98077" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">he
week 11 edition</a> for details on SGR and WST.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.3;"><b>ECE<br>
</b>Students will be using 6-sided dice for the first part of this experiment. If they need more, there should be a supply in the window. Ice will also be needed; if you notice students wearing gloves on both hands, please nicely ask them to remove one glove.
No additional commentary is needed. Please be polite- they’re still learning.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.3;"><b>QUL<br>
</b>All rooms have a significant stash of 1.7 mL microcentrifuge tubes behind their marker boards. The students will be using the centrifuges for this- if they report one is not working, check the following: it’s plugged in, turned on, and the lid is fully
closed. If it still doesn’t work, trade it with one of the extras in the window. Place a broken item sticker on the faulty unit. </span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(200, 38, 19); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.3;">When doing cart checks for this experiment, swap the entire bin of reagents regardless of fill level.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.3;"> Do
not check individual bottles- it takes too long.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.3;"><b>MGB<br>
</b>Model kits will be provided on the bench beside Hood A. Replacement parts are available in both windows if needed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.3;"><b>BLP</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.3;"><br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.3;">There are two unknowns per TA: packaged solids in a black bag and packaged solids in a clear bag.
</span><span style="color: rgb(200, 38, 19); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.3;">You will NOT be passing out printed copies of the BLP lab manual pages.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.3;"> If
someone needs notebook paper, they should be given the graph paper we have in the black paper organizer.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.3;">There will be glassware setup on the bench beside Hood A. Do not remove this glassware. These items will have rubber septa on them- do not remove these.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.3;"><b>BAR<br>
</b>The spectrometers use the same power cord as the hot plates. There is a “broken UV-Vis” cart in the window. Please place any broken UV-Vis on this cart immediately as they are reported. As always with anything broken, please put a broken item sticker on
it describing the issue. When doing the cart check for this experiment, please swap all allura red bottles. We can check and refill them down in the lab.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.3;"><b>TM1<br>
</b></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1.3;">This one is essentially a long synthesis. A bin containing 50-mL Erlenmeyer flasks has been provided on the bench beside Hood A. This is all of the 50-mL
flasks we have, so if anyone asks for more, please direct them back to their room. The concentrated HCl and the ammonium solution are provided in 15-mL falcon tubes this semester. These are on the cart. </span></div>
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Full disclosure: this is newish experiment. There will be some hiccups, but this is normal. Everyone should remain communicative, and we’ll address any issues as they come up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Other Information</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Save the Date!</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.3;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Our end of semester party is schedule for April 28</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-transform: none;">th</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> at
3:00pm in McPherson 1015. We</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">’</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ll
be </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">having</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> pizza!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Volunteer for Science Olympiad</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Science Olympiad is on April 18th. Chemistry and Biochemistry will be hosting 4 events this year! Details on how to
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