Subject: Re: Heavy Metal Testing in plants
From: John Glowacki
Date: 9 Dec 1996 14:24:44 GMT
jlee@monmouth.com (John Lee) wrote:
>Hi,
> I'm a Sophomore at the Ocean Township High School in NJ. For
>my Honors biology class, each person has to do an orginal research
>project that will be presented to the NJ Junior Academy of Science.
> For my project, I'm doing research to see if crop plants will
>take in heavy metals if municipal sludge is used to fetilize the soil.
>
> My question is, what's the best/easiest way for me to detect
>heavy metals, such as Mercury, Lead, or Cadmium. What kind of
>equipment do I need? How would I be able to do this?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Johnie Lee
>
One method is with an "Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer", better known
as "AA". Before analysis you need to get the plant tissue into solution
using an acid digestion.
I would suggest contacting your local University for help in this
venture. Also, NJ has many many private environmental labs. They maybe
able to offer assistence.
Another good contact would be "AWRA", American Water Resources
Association. http://www.uwin.siu.edu/~awra/index.html They might offer
some good leads.
Good luck. You should find some good usable data. You might even
contact your state dept. of Natural Resources. They probibly allready
have data on this.
Subject: Re: Heavy Metal Testing in plants
From: John Glowacki
Date: 9 Dec 1996 14:23:59 GMT
jlee@monmouth.com (John Lee) wrote:
>Hi,
> I'm a Sophomore at the Ocean Township High School in NJ. For
>my Honors biology class, each person has to do an orginal research
>project that will be presented to the NJ Junior Academy of Science.
> For my project, I'm doing research to see if crop plants will
>take in heavy metals if municipal sludge is used to fetilize the soil.
>
> My question is, what's the best/easiest way for me to detect
>heavy metals, such as Mercury, Lead, or Cadmium. What kind of
>equipment do I need? How would I be able to do this?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Johnie Lee
>
One method is with an "Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer", better known
as "AA". Before analysis you need to get the plant tissue into solution
using an acid digestion.
I would suggest contacting your local University for help in this
venture. Also, NJ has many many private environmental labs. They maybe
able to offer assistence.
Another good contact would be "AWRA", American Water Resources
Association. http://www.uwin.siu.edu/~awra/index.html They might offer
some good leads.
Good luck. You should find some good usable data. You might even
contact your state dept. of Natural Resources. They probibly allready
have data on this.
Subject: Re: Need Source for Alloy C276 Valves and Fittings
From: mgibbons@gpss.com
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 09:38:04 -0500
Greetings Dr. Kane,
Great Plains Stainless, Inc. (Tulsa) is unable to help, but please try
the following C276 sources:
Noble Alloy Valve (Houston) - 800.688.4893
Corralloy (Houston) - 800.262.5569
Corrosion Materials (Baton Rouge) - 800-535-8032
Very Best Regards,
Steven D. Buck
Great Plains Stainless, Inc.
Pipe, fittings, and flanges
(309, 310, 317L, 321, 347, 410 446-2, N08904(904L), S31803(2205))
Tulsa, OK - Perth, Western Australia
800.345.5757
Subject: Funding bodies for fMRI studies of Amnesia?
From: mdp96akn@Sheffield.ac.uk (Amanda Nicholas)
Date: 9 Dec 1996 23:21:04 GMT
I am a PhD student looking into the functional deficits of amnesia.
Along with memory tests, I believe that functional brain scans are neces=
sary.
However, my university grant does not have the available money for me to
do enough scans to make the project valid.=20
I am not sure exactly, but I think I am looking for funds in the region o=
f
=A35000 in order to scan and have the results analysed properly. I sincer=
ely
believe that scanning only 2 or 3 patients would be false economy, as I a=
m
unlikely to get conclusive results. The common number of subjects for thi=
s
type of research is 8.=20
My problem is, of course, getting the money.
Therefore, if anyone knows of funding bodies that I can approach, I'd be
very grateful if you could let me know.
EMAIL MDP96AKN@Sheffield.ac.uk
Thanks,
Amanda.
--=20
Amanda Nicholas
The University of Sheffield, Department of Clinical Neurology, Floor 'N',
Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK.
Tel: 0114 2713158 Fax: 0114 2760095 EMail:mdp96akn@Sheffield.ac.uk
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-C/cn/index.html =20
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Subject: scientists: what is your web site like?
From: mbrown@fred (Megan Brown)
Date: 9 Dec 1996 23:13:29 GMT
To all fellow scientists, I am involved in overhauling the web site at the
academic institution where I work. Questions come up from time to time
about how scientists use their institution's web site. Could you help me
out and answer any or all of the few questions below? Negative responses
are welcome too (i.e. I NEVER visit my institution's web site). Responses
from people at universities and research institutes would be most
relevant, but I welcome responses from anyone who wants to comment. Please
e-mail responses to mbrown@fred.fhcrc.org
Thank you very much.
1. What is the name of your institution or company?
2. Are you a scientist? If not, what is your position?
3. Does your institution have a web site?
4. Do you ever visit your institution's web site, and if so, about how
often?
5. Why do visit your institution's web site? (please list all reasons)
sample answers:
to check seminar schedule
to order oligonucleotides
to get information on grants
to check the job listings
to connect to outside links
6. What would you like to see on your institution's web site that is not
now there?
Thanks a lot, everyone.
Megan
--
Megan Brown, Ph.D.
mbrown@fred.fhcrc.org
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington
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