Researchers find using certain stir bars can create laboratory errors
Sunday, March 31, 2019 - 10:50
in Physics & Chemistry
The stirrers that mix cream into your coffee probably don’t make much difference to the drink. But in a chemistry lab, it turns out using the wrong stirrer can skew the science. Rice University scientists have determined that stir bars made of PTFE, more commonly known as Teflon, can introduce errors into a standard lab […]