They’re my fave bit of lab equipment. That and the Vortex because I must touch it.
Comment on average physics student vs POTUS 47
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
I guess those spinning magnetic pills one puts in beakers over a magnetic hot plate in chemistry labs are all an empirical hoax then.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 days ago
Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
They are protected by the PTFE cover, so the magnet is not in contact with water. Basic chemistry…
nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
I always wanted kitchen cookware with a stirring pill. But it would require using glass or ceramic cookware on the stove. Which can be done to some extent but still feels sketchier than metal.
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
Those are stir bars.
That they’re magnetic is propaganda to push magnetic field bunk to sell more so-called “magnets”. Stir bars are moved by phlogiston, which is why the liquid medium is often heated in tandem.
Safeguard@beehaw.org 5 days ago
Please tell me you forgot the /s …
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
Haha, 100%. I’m a scientist, I haven’t believed in phlogiston in years!
ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Another phlogiston denier in an ivory tower. Tell me then, how does fire work?
theQuickBrownFox@lemmy.today 5 days ago
so you can tell!