Week 7

Sorry Vanessa, I should really start doing these on Friday. No new project this week. I’ve actually managed to stay on the same project for more than a week. Haha! I’ve continued characterizing the reduction of nitrobenzene by nano iron. After much experimenting I have settled on an optimal pre-exposure time. Now I have to make up multiple different samples varying concentrations of either nom, xanthan gum, guar, or other real world materials. So far I have characterized nom, with some interesting results. It turns out that nom causes the iron to be less reactive, which is disappointing; however it is good to see that a reaction still occurs.

I can’t believe that I only have 3 weeks left! This job is a blast and I’m really going to miss it next year.