VSEPR_VOID
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Lab Books
I purchased this laboratory book a few days ago and am delighted with my purchase. This is my fourth lab book in the past three years (all four being
different designs and quality) and it is a new personal favorite.
The hard cover version is worth the extra price. It not only protects the it but also aids in providing a firm surface for uniform writing. The
material is a high quality mat back rubber that grips most surfaces very well. The pages are firmly attached to the book and lie flat against the
other pages well writing. There is no bleed even when using fountain pens, though I recommend for anyone new using fine point Sharpie pens. A bonus of
using fountain pens is that the ink smells of benzyl alcohol.
Here is the link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M1NWVUS/ref=oh_aui_deta...
if you would like to learn how to keep a laboratory notebook then here is some information.
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/tools/notebook/notebook.ht...
All that separates science from screwing around is writing down your procedure and results. Make sure to keep a record of your amateur
experimentation.
 
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Magpie
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Well said.
I use the same books. I'm on number 10 now. I like to use a Uni-Ball pen.
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VSEPR_VOID
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Any pictures of what your lab book looks like Magpie? With all the publications you have authored I am sure its full of some good stuff
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Magpie
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Here's some pictures. The last shows a leather cover that my son bought me for Christmas.
  
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Mine is either non-existent or a mess. I did my whole PhD by remembering everything by heart... Well, if I did something in a certain way I did that
for a reason and logically seen I can reproduce when I have to write down stuff.
When you can't remember numbers easily make sure you have a Labbook. I did a crapload of redenations to how and why I did stuff....
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VSEPR_VOID
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I would have expected something more ornate and sophisticated than a composition notebook. That is a nice cover. I would worry about it being
contaminated or damaged. I have heard at institutions they do not allow one to remove their laboratory books from the actual workplace due to fear of
contamination.
[Edited on 9-4-2018 by VSEPR_VOID]
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Maybe not at institutions but I always took my high school lab book home with me, complete with iodine stains, marks where dilute acids have started
to eat the paper, paper chromatography results, and plenty burn holes.. No idea where it ended up even though I only finished last year.
In chemistry, sometimes the solution is the problem.
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