Tag: Science
Salt + Food = ?
derryX talks a little about the effect of salt on food…
“Do you like apples?”
derryX read something interesting in Chemical and Engineering News…
derryXperiment: Aging Pumpkin Beer (1 Year)
derryX conducts an experiment in aging Dogfish Head Punkin Ale…
The Monster Boston Shake at Snowman – Troy, NY
derryX finally approaches the Monster Boston shake from Snowman…
Official “1 Year of derryX” Announcement
derryX gets you ready for a major event…
Wagon Train BBQ – Schenectady, NY
derryX takes a wagon into a place that is far, far away…
Inception
derryX presents a fun piece of evidence from the movie Inception…
The nerdiest “All your base…” ever…
derryX found some All your “BASE” pictures…
Skype Announcement…
derryX comments on Skype’s latest announcement
High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Not that anybody needs to know, but a major job function that I have is performing chemical analysis by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC or LC). This is an analytical technique used to monitor purity of many different classes of compounds, such as pharmaceuticals, foods, petroleum and oils (which are better analyzed by gas chromatography), proteins, and the list goes on and on. So that you can all understand, I will describe LC in the simplest terms possible – and (sorry to be cliché) I ask that you stay with me, because I can guarantee you will learn something. LC separates compounds in a mixture. An LC instrument is comprised of a pump, an injector, a column otherwise called stationary phaseRead More