The Chemistry of Urine
Our bodily fluids are an interesting thing, and there’s a lot of chemistry behind them. We often get people trying to test their urine, sweat, tears, etc with our pH test strips, which won’t always [...]
Detecting Protein and Vitamin C in Foods
Here’s another great science experiment question from a student who is trying to test for Protein and Vitamin C in foods using our test strips. Follow our example below to see how best to perform [...]
Meet Our Team: Esteysi Aguilera
Meet Esteysi Aguilera, a part-time production assistant with the speed and skills of her dynamic duo parents, Maribel and Federico Aguilera (previously featured). Esteysi started with us by doing piece-work from home, labeling flats of [...]
Testing Vitamin C in Applesauce
Like many of our educational test strips, the Vitamin C test strip was developed for a specific purpose using water samples. However, over time, students, teacher, and organizations alike have found other uses for the [...]
Testing Glucose Levels in Rotting Bananas
We love to hear from young customers working on classroom science experiments and science fair projects. Some of the project inquiries we receive are very interesting and unique. Below is an example of a science [...]
PROP Versus PTC Taste Test Paper
We received a great and very specific question about Prop versus PTC taste test paper from Stuart, and in researching his question, we found a great resource we wanted to share. “I recently purchased your [...]
Meet Our Team: Virgil Scott
Meet Virgil Scott, a production assistant and speedster on our slitting machine. We found Virgil by chance, and he has turned out to be a great addition to our team. We start almost all of [...]
Calculating Phosphorous using the Phosphate Test Strips
“I have purchased your phosphate test strips. I'm a bit confused with the scale of the results. We are testing creek water and expected phosphate from a clean creek is below 0.025 for Australian Standards. [...]
Use of Hydrochloric Acid with Fluoride Test Strips
We received another great technical question with regards to the use of Hydrochloric Acid to adjust pH before using our Fluoride test strips. “I need to test fluoride content in storm sewer outfalls. What is [...]
Meet Our Team: Leticia Lopez
Meet Leticia Lopez, a key production assistant. She is a newer member of our team, and she has now been working for us for exactly two years today. And we are so glad she joined us! [...]
pH Versus Total Acidity in Wine
We have been asked the question if our Wine pH 2.8-4.4 test strips can be used to measure total acidity in wine. The immediate answer is no, but stick with us while we explain the [...]
Can I use your Nitrite test strips to detect bacteria in water?
This was a question received by a customer that initially puzzled us, but after some investigative research, we thought it was a great question worth sharing. Let’s first look at the nitrogen cycle in an [...]