In our first lab, we made a ferrofluid. In this lab, we combined chemicals such as iron (II) chloride, iron (III) chloride, and ammonium hydroxide in order to create a black precipitate. The resulting solid is magnetite. The rest of the lab dealt with the manipulation of this solid using a magnet. If done correctly, […]
The lecture given by Rita and Gao this morning was centered around shape, in nature, in engineering, and in art. One random thing that I thought was cool during the lecture was learning that opals are clusters of nanospheres that reflect light and that their colors are resultant from shape differences, because I was always fascinated […]
Hello Class! Today, I would like to address two questions today. Let us start with the first question. Can art and science truly be combined to create a better science and art? Well, I would have to reply yes and no. First of all, through this camp, each and everyone of us has been exposed […]
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FerroFluids!! A magnetic liquid that we manipulated with a small magnet. I found todays experiments very interesting and fun. Though making it was a slow process, it had to be exact and done according to the directions like baking. One thing off and the whole experiment could go wrong. The time and patience was worth […]
Midterms!!! HAHA I am kind of flabbergasted at some of the presentations, they were hysterical. I do not know where to start, from Marcus’ rap or to Laura’s vampire grenade. I had a really good time. The ideas were all pretty good, some were kind of conservative and others were more out of the box. […]
The boundaries that man has put upon the creation of new technology is the aftermath of catastrophic events such as the atomic bomb and other weapons of mass destruction. The lecture today was a very thought-provoking, the ideas were asking for debate and interaction. A new portable device that enables you to access everything in […]
Today’s labs were quite interesting. We were able to work with magnetite, whose chemical compound is Fe3O4. We formed this by using both Ferric and Ferrous ions combined with three hydroxide ions, forming a FeO(OH) compound which combined with tetramethylammonium hydroxide. This made me realize that nucleation reactions can occur unexpectedly and spontaneously without any […]
07.13.09 UCLA- Flashes emerged from the window of the large plasma device (LAPD). The surface of this machine is hot like an oven. Inside this giant monster lies machinery capable of reaching temperatures of 250 Million degrees Celsius. Now most people would wonder how in the world this machine is capable of reaching such high […]
Today as part of our rotating laboratory activities, we went to the UCLA Plasma Research Center. One of the relevant topics in the research center was the practical applications of plasmids in daily life. Little did I know, that plasmids are used in many aspects of my life although I hadn’t realized it. st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } […]