Erupting Christmas Tree
This December, we’re getting in the holiday spirit with some fun weekly Christmas-themed science activities. We’re kicking it off today with none other than an erupting Christmas Tree! Alright, so maybe erupting a Christmas tree [...]
Fluxometer® Moisture Detection with pH Paper
Today, we’re going to talk about another unique use of our test papers to show that the possibilities and uses of this age-old technology continue to amaze us. For years, we have been making and [...]
How to Test Your Well Water
Every so often, we get a walk-in looking to test their well water. We don’t do any in-house water testing, and more often than not, we don’t have test strips for the parameters people are [...]
Ammonia Gas Detection in Air
We received a customer inquiry about another unique use of one of our test strips. These types of questions are always intriguing, so we feel compelled to share them. This particular question is regarding our [...]
A Fruity Experiment
Summer is over, and the days of the best fresh fruits are behind us for now. However, thanks to a global economy, we can still get delicious fruit from other warmer climates at our local [...]
Meet Our Team: Jonathan Garcia
Meet Jonathan Garcia, the newest member of our team, and son of Rosa Garcia. Jonathan joined us this summer to earn money for college. He plans to attend the University of Arizona in Tucson, but [...]
A Plant’s Microbiome
In the past, we’ve posted about our own human microbiome, and the benefits of the microbial community we exist in. They’re not all bad. We’ve talked about owning pets, and how the exposure to their [...]
How Does Acid Rain Affect Plant Growth?
The US EPA is a great resource for environmental research, data, lesson plans, experiments, you name it. They provide wonderful teacher resources on their website on a variety of topics, and they’ve even got a [...]
Measuring Low Levels of Sulfide
Our Lead Acetate test papers are typically used to detect the presence of sulfide in water concentrations as low as 5ppm. However, as is often the case, some customers find other ways to use our [...]
Temperature Effects on pH Test Strips
Customer questions are the best because they come from real-world applications and actual experiences using our products. Here’s the question and answer of the day: “We are performing a washout procedure. Samples of the wash [...]
Free Chlorine VS Total Chlorine
We often get asked by customers or end users if our chlorine test strips measure free chlorine. There is sometimes confusion between the terms free chlorine and total chlorine and what they mean. This is [...]
Summer Science
As we near the end of August, we want to take full advantage of our last days of summer. That means hitting the beach, the park, the splash pad, cooling off in the pool… You [...]