Tip: Glass can be hot without looking hot
By Stefan Constantinescu on Wednesday, March 7th, 2007 at 10:29 PM PST In Blog Updates
2 days with almost no sleep and tonights lab was quite memorable because of it.
I’m physically fine, but my heart sank as I saw that flask plummet to the ground. The solution that I spent nearly 150 minutes creating spread on to the floor in an even, orange, almost metallic like coat. Rush to get a broom? Dust pan? Hardly. I got a pipette, a test tube and then tried to salvage what results I could.
I did not know that piece of glass was hot and I certainly found out the hard way.
My professor stayed cool and concerned himself more with the condition of my minor burn than the experiment I just carried out in vain.
Thank you for caring.
As I’ve said earlier in the week: midterm week is cramping my free time to blog. It will all be over soon.
Then I can look forward to finals week!
Good Night America; Good Morning Finland.
hey, take care will ya
how’s the burn?
I’m tip top. Thanks for asking.
It was just one of those things where I picked it up, the nerves were a little slow that day and when my brain got the message “this is pretty pretty hot” my hand just opened and released everything I was holding.
Less than 72 hours to heal, if that. Minor redness. Doesn’t affect me at all.
lol good thing it didn’t spill on you, because if i remember right, u had to take the emergency shower in front of everyone right there right then? glad ur ok