Comment on Math and Physics Majors
NielsBohron@lemmy.world 3 months agoNeed to make a new compound? Use a carcinogen
Need to neutralize a reactive compound? Carcinogen
Need to clean your glassware? Believe it or not, carcinogen.
Chemists have the most applicable skills of any science majors, and it’s all because of carcinogens.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
To quote an old professor: “there isn’t a lab table dirty enough that a little benzene won’t clean it!”
He also habitually turned his head sideways when working with, say, ether, because you dont want your pipe to set the fumes on fire.