Calculating Phosphorous using the Phosphate Test Strips
“I have purchased your phosphate test strips. I'm a bit confused with the scale of the results. We are testing creek water and expected phosphate from a clean creek is below 0.025 for Australian Standards. [...]
Use of Hydrochloric Acid with Fluoride Test Strips
We received another great technical question with regards to the use of Hydrochloric Acid to adjust pH before using our Fluoride test strips. “I need to test fluoride content in storm sewer outfalls. What is [...]
Meet Our Team: Leticia Lopez
Meet Leticia Lopez, a key production assistant. She is a newer member of our team, and she has now been working for us for exactly two years today. And we are so glad she joined us! [...]
pH Versus Total Acidity in Wine
We have been asked the question if our Wine pH 2.8-4.4 test strips can be used to measure total acidity in wine. The immediate answer is no, but stick with us while we explain the [...]
Can I use your Nitrite test strips to detect bacteria in water?
This was a question received by a customer that initially puzzled us, but after some investigative research, we thought it was a great question worth sharing. Let’s first look at the nitrogen cycle in an [...]
Meet Our Team: Manny Duarte
Meet Manny Duarte, the man behind the start of it all. Manny is responsible for the first steps in making our test strips. He makes some of the chemical solutions used to treat the paper, [...]
Simple Easter Candy Chromatography Experiment
With Easter just around the corner, we’re certain you’re going to get a bunch of candy in your baskets. To help you avoid a sugar high or a new cavity, we’re sharing a scientific way [...]
Testing Tap Water for Residual Chlorine Experiment
The US EPA requires treated tap water to have a certain level of chlorine for disinfection and prevention of contamination. However, too much chlorine is unhealthy and unsafe to drink. According to the CDC, the [...]
How and Why to Clean Your Microscope Lens
This might seem like a random topic, but we actually do supply lens paper! We have been supplying lens paper books for many years. We offer them in two sizes, 4” x 6” and 6” [...]
Meet Our Team: Lisa Stansberry
Meet Lisa Stansberry, fulfiller of our largest blanket orders. Lisa joined us 4 years ago as an addition to the production team. She learned the ins and outs of all aspects of production before joining [...]
Can I Test Food Samples With Your Glucose Test Strips?
Today’s question comes from Vinay, and he very simply asked if our Glucose test strips can be used to test food samples. Great question, one we have never really thought about explaining before. There are [...]
Easy Chromatography Paper Experiment
Some of you may not know that we actually sell chromatography paper in addition to our treated test strips. We have actually been selling it for many years, but it’s not one of our most [...]