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Conductivity of electricity (EC) in a liquid and water shows differences dependent on the chemicals and substances found in the solution, where solids, salts, and contaminants, increase the EC value, while pure and drinking water has a lower EC value.The EC value is measured in microSiemens (µS/cm) and readings generally fall between 30 µS/cm to 2000 µS/cm, for water of high quality while ocean water and brine will have a reading of approximately 40,000 µS/cm and greater. Higher values also sig …

Solvents are a class of chemicals defined by their function. Solvents are used to dissolve, suspend or extract other materials without chemically changing the components. There are more than 1000 solvent varieties used in research, spectroscopy, analytical chemistry and manufacturing industries. They come in Research, Technical, USP, HPLC, LCMS, ACS Reagent, ASTM Types 1-IV, NIST Traceable, and Spectral grades, as well as molecular biology grades and pre-made mixtures as DNAse-free solut …

Common acids used in the lab include Hydrochloric Acid, Sulfuric Acid, Nitric Acid and specialty acids. They're typically designated by grade or purity, such as Technical Grade, USP Grade, ACS Reagent Grade, Ultra-Pure, Environmental Grade, Electronic Grade, etc. Commonly used Inorganic Acids Hydrochloric Acid Sulfuric Acid Nitric Acid Phosphoric Acid Boric Acid Hydroiodic Acid Phosphotungstic Acid Hydrofluoric Acid Periodic Acid …

Detergent is a broad term for chemical compounds that are amphipathic-that is they possess different segments-one that is hydrophobic (water-hating) that can sink into and break up fats and grease- and one part that is hydrophilic (or water-loving) and can be hydrated by water. The hydrophobic part absorbs into a contaminant lifting it out while the hydrophilic part allows it to dissolve into water, removing the contaminant, stain or dirt. Soaps as detergents are generally made from plant or …

For the past two years, we’ve been hearing a lot about the possible effects of COVID-19 on our long term health. It is important not to forget that there is another looming threat to our respiratory and cardiac health, and that threat is smoke from wildfires. Lung and heart health issues are not the only thing that COVID-19 and wildfires have in common, the risks from both can be limited with proper protection. In these time we unfortunately have to live with a lot of precautions. Fire …