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Originally Posted by Andy911sc
Morning everyone!
Spent the morning arguing with the boss about what is chemically happening in one of his formulations. Only thing to do now is mix up a bunch of different samples, controlling different parameters and mix up a control to see who is correct. He is having an insoluble precipitate falling out of solution over time. I say it's Magnesium Phosphate, he is led to believe that it is Magnesium Borate. I have a hard time believing his because the pH isn't anywhere near high enough to crash the boric acid out into a metal borate salt.
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That kind of excited me there for a bit. I love science and trying to figure that stuff out. In some ways I think I should have gone into microbiology. Smearing bacteria onto Petri dishes, growing it, doing research. Fun stuff.