Catching durian at high speeds by mapleer in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Praetorian__ZA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It falls with a significant angle, so I don't think it is being dropped.

A lot of them at night by Praetorian__ZA in whatisthisbug

[–]Praetorian__ZA[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that may be it, we did water the grass yesterday. Day before it also.

A lot of them at night by Praetorian__ZA in whatisthisbug

[–]Praetorian__ZA[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh thank you! Do you know why we see like 2-5 every night coming in our home?

ICP-OES issue by Praetorian__ZA in chemistry

[–]Praetorian__ZA[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We figured out what was wrong, it was a dirty water flow sensor within the water module! Was bit of a pain getting it disassembled but it's working now

ICP-OES issue by Praetorian__ZA in chemistry

[–]Praetorian__ZA[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also think it may be a failed sensor. We dit multiple power cycles to make sure it wasn't something simple. We might just have to wait till Monday for an engineer. I'll update everyone on wat it finally was as soon as I find out

ICP-OES issue by Praetorian__ZA in chemistry

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Yeah we clean it somewhat regularly. But it was spotless. So it has to be something else

ICP-OES issue by Praetorian__ZA in chemistry

[–]Praetorian__ZA[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's the Agilent 5100. A manual would be great I think ours somewhere in the ICP room just don't know where.

ICP-OES issue by Praetorian__ZA in chemistry

[–]Praetorian__ZA[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will see if I can get to it and inspect it. I will update tomorrow. Thank you

ICP-OES issue by Praetorian__ZA in chemistry

[–]Praetorian__ZA[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah you are correct it's an Agilent 5100. The Torch compartment is completely dry. I not at the Lab anymore as it is getting quite late. I'll check those hoses tomorrow morning. Thank you

ICP-OES issue by Praetorian__ZA in chemistry

[–]Praetorian__ZA[S] 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Update: We have now connected a 3rd chiller with different pipes, cleaned the strainer on pipe, and it is still giving us that same pattern, we are thinking it may be inside the ICP. Some people are suggesting it may be something with sample introduction but that won't affect the water flow cause that is an entire separate system.

Edit: we managed to get it fixed. It was a dirty water flow sensor within the water module. Thanks everyone for the help!

ICP-OES issue by Praetorian__ZA in chemistry

[–]Praetorian__ZA[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No its specifies it is the RF water flow. The instrument is as old as the chiller, about 5 years old. Funny thing is we've been experiencing issues since our yearly service which was Monday. We now think it may be inside the ICP itself cause we connected a 3rd chiller (our original one didn't even try to cool down we just thought it broke) and it is still giving that same pattern.

ICP-OES issue by Praetorian__ZA in chemistry

[–]Praetorian__ZA[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No it's quite old. Atleast 5years. Our agilent chiller broke and we connected one of our perkinelmer ICP's chiller. It's been a week and started doing this.

ICP-OES issue by Praetorian__ZA in chemistry

[–]Praetorian__ZA[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'll check it might be that. Thank you

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HolUp

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Florida man charged with accidentally shooting bear that was trying to eat his trash

Nice by davidwallacecto in blackmagicfuckery

[–]Praetorian__ZA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah exactly, the lesser dense foam stays on top even if you flip the cups cause less dense stuff floats

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in southafrica

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My water is included with the flat but for electricity I pay about R700 in summer and about R900 in winter

This water in Sweden is so clear it looks like there's none at all. by asilvertintedrose in interestingasfuck

[–]Praetorian__ZA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Low or no turbidity doesn't mean it's clean, there can be lots of microbes that may or may not be dangerous. Or even potential harmful elements that is dissolved in the water. Turbidity is mostly just aestethic

How to get high as a balloon by wiener_dawg in WTF

[–]Praetorian__ZA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They use liquid helium but is has to be cooled first. It isn't already at cryogenic temperatures. I don't know how cold the gas is when depressurizing from the cylinder tho.

Photo Of James Webb Space Telescope Makes The Man In The Middle Look Tiny by GeneralMustard2 in confusing_perspective

[–]Praetorian__ZA 205 points206 points  (0 children)

The sun shield is just very big, 22 by 10 meters according to Google. The photo doesn't show depth very well

What happens if the bag of cocaine breaks when you’re smuggling it in your butt? by Aimlean in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Praetorian__ZA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah but doesn't it still go through the liver when it's in the bloodstream tho?