Enjoy these beautiful photos we have collected from our laboratory.

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A thermal image of the Kohler closed-cup flashpoint tester in action. Notice the rising heat from the test flame.

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We use bearing balls in gauge card holes to simulate sessile water drops on hydrophobic surfaces. This is a ruby bearing ball, and it has been analyzed by the Brugnara Contact Angle plug in for the ImageJ analysis software package.

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Here is a little demonstration to show that aluminum metal will effervesce in BOTH pH extremes. The left beaker has 1 M HCl (pH <1) and the right beaker has 0.5 M KOH (pH > 11). Placing them into concentrated cleaning solutions with these pH values will damage the part and will leave a black porous smut behind. Dilute the cleaning solutions as per the instructions from the supplier.

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One of the attendees of the Product Quality Cleaning Workshop is about to test the interaction of dichloromethane with clear vacuum silicon grease.

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-Darren