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| warren | "Oh, just noticed -- on your dielectric fluid scan, you need to select a new cross section -- the top row of pixels is blank. Great post! " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| warren | "@ernestootero -- what about methanol, which is somewhat less toxic than hexane or acetone? Have you used isopropyl? " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi, Scott - we're using some of the photos you posted here in our report, but I was curious if you'd release the linked-to albums under CC-BY or CC..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| warren | "Yes! annchen is someone else, i guess. I didn't use @ so whoever that is doesn't get another email :-) " | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "isn't Ann Chen @ann? " | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "Epic Chen-terview " | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "Yeah, Ann put the fire of deadline to me. well, no. i've never had a test done to determine this question of crude vs refined. i just thought that..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| warren | "We'd discussed using isopropyl alcohol at the Barnraising; I'd love to know if it can dissolve oil. Matt Pendergraft (@Matt_P) mentioned doing this..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| warren | "Love this. Thanks Scott! One thing I'm thinking is that if there's one more expensive lab test done to determine that one sample is crude and not ..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| ernestootero | "Another solvent may do the trick of de-sorbing the oil. It should be highly volatile. Hexane or Acetone? " | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "Ha. These questions are painful. " | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| gretchengehrke | "Fabulous post, Scott. Thanks! For each of these situations, would the process be to try to convince Louisiana DEQ that there is oil and that the oi..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| Matej | "@pdhixenbaugh: There are different oil concentrations which can be detected by naked eye. We had a very interesting debate about this at this last ..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| Matej | "HI Mary, I am not 100% familiar with methods of collecting oil from soil. I think @eustatic might know better. I saw he had some diluted soil sampl..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| marlokeno | "@marlokeno- Great work, Matej- Do you have any thoughts on applying your research to collecting samples from frozen soil? How will frozen earth af..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| pdhixenbaugh | "@Matej Lots of interesting things here! Anecdotally from the spill response team I work with, it only takes a few drops of oil to create a sheen, s..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| HappyS5 | "Hello! @Matej What a wonderful need. You will be a useful person in your community if something happens. In the latter part of your note, you me..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| warren | "@eustatic mentions that they hope finding sheens in a larger area than a spill's initial assessment (say, by the Coast Guard, in the Bravo tanker s..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| cindy_excites | "There is a paper online "Natural Sorbents in Oil Spill Cleanup" by Hyung-Mln Chol - accessible here: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rinn_Clou..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| Matej | "HI Guys, Thanks for your interesting comments! Jeff: I will certainly try to do that. In general I am trying to find out what could be a realistic..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Awesome technique! the look of the 5w-30 reminds me of thawed out frozen diesel fuel. I think the milkiness in diesel from freezing is from wax cr..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi matej - are the differences in the 5w30 just by visual inspection or in the spectrum as well? " | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| warren | "The embeds are working again. Thanks for your patience! " | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| warren | "Sorry - for those using HTTPS/SSL, the embeds won't be working at the moment, as we just upgraded PublicLab.org to use extra security, but haven't ..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago |