Measuring pH with Litmus Paper
Nearly everything around is an acid or a base, with the exception of water. Water is neither acidic nor basic, but rather neutral. Acidic substances tend to taste sour, for example, citrus fruits like lemons, [...]
Tech Talk with Home Science Tools: Mother’s Day Science Experiment
Next Sunday is Mother’s Day, so in honor of all the mothers out there, we’ve got a chemistry experiment from Home Science Tools that doubles as a gift! (Hold your applause.) Yes, that’s right. Not [...]
Low Blood Sugar Glucose Experiment
In this fun glucose experiment, we’re going to test a variety of foods and drinks to determine which contain the most glucose. People with diabetes may find this information useful, so they know which foods [...]
Testing the pH of Homemade Soap
Homemade soaps, cosmetics, and other personal care products are just some of the latest trends to hit the streets. Making these products at home ensures a controlled environment, where you select the ingredients and you [...]
50 Acid Base Reaction Experiments
Here at Precision Laboratories, we’re all about chemistry, and you might have noticed from our wide range of pH test strips that we’re obsessed with pH. From our most basic litmus papers to our narrow-range [...]
For the Love of pH Indicators
There’s something about a brightly colored pH scale and colorful pH paper that brings smiles to our faces and makes us happy. We get all starry-eyed and dreamy, and then we snap back to reality, [...]
How to Dilute Household Bleach
If you’ve never done this before, it can initially be confusing trying to determine how to dilute chlorine bleach to get 50ppm (parts per million) or whatever disinfection level is needed in your particular situation. [...]
Tech Talk with Cascade Designs: The Small Device That’s Bringing Big Change
We work with a lot of companies to find unique solutions to the challenges they’re facing. In the last couple of years, we have worked closely with organizations like PATH and Cascade Designs to develop [...]
Testing the pH of Salsa
Down here in the southwest, we like our salsa. Naturally, we’ve found a way to work some science-talk into salsa-making because well, that’s what we do. If you’re a fan of canning and making salsa, [...]
pH and Buffers: How Buffer Solutions Maintain pH
pH is a measure of the hydrogen ion concentration in an aqueous solution. pH is based on a negative log scale, meaning the more hydrogen ions present, the lower the pH. It’s important in many [...]
Sugar Detection in Potatoes
Monitoring sugar levels in potatoes is an important process for growers as it can help minimize losses from effects that influence processed product color. In other words, when chips or fries are made, if the [...]
Genetic Taste Tests: Human Pedigree Symbols
Genetic taste test capabilities were inadvertently discovered in 1931 at DuPont Laboratories in the United States. Taste buds of various individuals can detect several salts, depending upon hereditary factors. These vary in intensity depending upon [...]