Like all beginners, some polarized crystallised paracetamol to start with.
Hope you like it.
With Oly 10x PlanApo 0.32, simple polarization
Polarized Paracetamol, what else...
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Polarized Paracetamol, what else...
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Since i did not want to wait on a water-based mixture to evaporate, i used a mixture with ether and alcohol (or ethanol).
Nothing fancy, just what you use to clean objectives/oculars is fine.
Put it under the scope and see the crystals grow because the alcohol evaporates very quick.
You need to experiment a bit with the amount of paracetamol you mix, that's all.
Nothing fancy, just what you use to clean objectives/oculars is fine.
Put it under the scope and see the crystals grow because the alcohol evaporates very quick.
You need to experiment a bit with the amount of paracetamol you mix, that's all.
When you make the most fantastic discovery, a lot of people want a piece of it...
Best use alcohols or mixtures as clean as possible, 30% ether and 70% ethylene work very good because they evaporate very quick and have no other additions.
Normal antiseptic usually do.
Mixture is also super to remove oily residue like from eyelashes or skin on oculars.
Just go to your local drugstore/pharmacy and ask to make a mixture of them.
It'll cost only a few euro for a 100ml bottle with integrated pipette.
There is a strange law here in Belgium, that when you ask 100% alcohol, you need to pay extra taxes, because that alcohol can be used for commercial purpose (drinking).
When ether is added, you don't need to pay the taxes, because you can't consume it anymore.
Normal antiseptic usually do.
Mixture is also super to remove oily residue like from eyelashes or skin on oculars.
Just go to your local drugstore/pharmacy and ask to make a mixture of them.
It'll cost only a few euro for a 100ml bottle with integrated pipette.
There is a strange law here in Belgium, that when you ask 100% alcohol, you need to pay extra taxes, because that alcohol can be used for commercial purpose (drinking).
When ether is added, you don't need to pay the taxes, because you can't consume it anymore.
When you make the most fantastic discovery, a lot of people want a piece of it...