melting agar without a microwave.. - (Dec/05/2007 )
QUOTE (mdfenko @ Dec 5 2007, 07:14 PM)
if it happens again, you can melt the agar in a boiling water bath. that's how we did it before microwave ovens made their way into the lab.
This.
In fact, forgive me for saying it but
-Astilius-
In your lab starting days we melted agar with a Bunsen burner on a tripod. Also works, with similar problems (overboiling).
-hobglobin-
QUOTE (hobglobin @ Dec 7 2007, 05:35 AM)
In your lab starting days we melted agar with a Bunsen burner on a tripod. Also works, with similar problems (overboiling).
another problem with this open flame method, besides boiling over, is that you could burn the agar if you weren't very careful. that's why we limited the temperature with a water bath.
-mdfenko-