The Home Scientist 003 - Testing Paint for Lead

How to use common laboratory chemicals to test paint for the presence of the toxic heavy metal lead.

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  • @seanbreheny9777
    @seanbreheny97774 жыл бұрын

    Very nice - one criticism - when doing the serial dilution you really shouldn't use the same dropper repeatedly because a tiny amount of the original high concentration solution will remain on the dropper and increase the concentration of the last couple of dilutions.

  • @zachreyhelmberger894
    @zachreyhelmberger8944 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Thank you for this video! I water batteries for a lot of off-grid solar powered homes and was wondering how to test for lead in the boxes where the batteries go. The boxes are usually lined with EPDM rubber to contain any acid that may spill from them but I always wonder if I am exposing myself to lead when I am watering and replacing them..

  • @pyropakman
    @pyropakman14 жыл бұрын

    What was the point of the Acetic Acid solution?

  • @pyropakman
    @pyropakman14 жыл бұрын

    Sweet. Thanks!

  • @MrItsthething
    @MrItsthething11 жыл бұрын

    What kind of extraction reagent did you use?

  • @98JMA
    @98JMA13 жыл бұрын

    Is there a way to convert Na2SO4 to Na2S? Reductor of some kind?

  • @ma356289
    @ma35628914 жыл бұрын

    nice video

  • @blueduderanch
    @blueduderanch14 жыл бұрын

    they always round it up, but for analytical purposes like GC, HPLC and the like you can also test in FID that no chemical is pure and even the super pure ones on say, Sigma Aldrich are never 100% pure

  • @blueduderanch
    @blueduderanch14 жыл бұрын

    love the video, but you cant get 100% of any chemical. there is always something to contaminate it so its never completely pure. other than that, great video

  • @bustosricky
    @bustosricky12 жыл бұрын

    part per million

  • @TuneMaestro
    @TuneMaestro14 жыл бұрын

    But you're saying that 99.77%=100%, which isn't true.