Re: [DIYbio] Recycling micro plates

Although, investing in those shelved steam microwave sterilisers used by paranoid parents for baby bottles is a worthy improvement. They have smaller ones just for soothers (pacifiers to US folk) which I routinely use for a set of mini test tubes with non-autoclaveable lids; works great! Captive steam continues to absorb microwaves, and can pass boiling point (as far as I know) easily in a captive container.

Simon Quellen Field <sfield@scitoys.com> wrote:

>Like I said, the water vapor will condense on everything, and flash
>away
>very shortly after, only to re-condense, all happening in microseconds,
>over
>and over.
>
>A cup of water in the microwave is all you need.
>
>-----
>Get a free science project every week!
>"http://scitoys.com/newsletter.html"
>
>
>
>
>On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Nathan McCorkle <nmz787@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Simon Quellen Field
>> <sfield@scitoys.com> wrote:
>> > Leave a cup of water in the microwave with the plates.
>> > The steam will kill the spores.
>> >
>> > Vapor will condense on all of the surfaces, since everything in the
>> > microwave
>> > will be colder than the water vapor because the water is the only
>thing
>> > absorbing microwaves.
>> >
>> > The vapor constantly condensing and re-boiling off of the surfaces
>will
>> keep
>> > all of the surfaces pretty close to the boiling point for the
>entire
>> three
>> > minutes. It will also cause more damage to the spores and cells
>than
>> simple
>> > heat alone, much like cavitation can cause damage with ultrasound.
>> >
>>
>> Would it be worth it to 3D print a tray to receive the microwell
>plate
>> and have a surrounding tub area for water? water vaporizing all
>around
>> the cold microwell plate?
>>
>> --
>> Nathan McCorkle
>> Rochester Institute of Technology
>> College of Science, Biotechnology/Bioinformatics
>>
>> --
>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
>Groups
>> "DIYbio" group.
>> To post to this group, send email to diybio@googlegroups.com.
>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
>> diybio+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
>> For more options, visit this group at
>> http://groups.google.com/group/diybio?hl=en.
>>
>>
>
>--
>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
>Groups "DIYbio" group.
>To post to this group, send email to diybio@googlegroups.com.
>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
>diybio+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
>For more options, visit this group at
>http://groups.google.com/group/diybio?hl=en.

--
Sent from K-9 Mail on Android

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DIYbio" group.
To post to this group, send email to diybio@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to diybio+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/diybio?hl=en.