CHEMICALS FOR FAST PLANT LABS
Students whose Fast Plant experiments require chemical solutions should try to find what concentrations others have used in the past. Try to look up:

• Previous experiments in published scientific articles
• Previous experiments done by students
• Guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture ( www.usda.gov )

Once you determine what concentrations of chemicals you need, please contact me or one of the lab assistants:
    Don Dineen (dDineen1@worcester.edu)
    Mike Mayko (mMayko@worcester.edu)

Among the chemicals available are the following:   NaCl   CaCl₂   MgCl₂   K₂HPO₄   KH₂PO₄   KNO₃ (or NaNO₃, which should be considered a close equivalent)
(Please ask about any others you may need.)

Please email me if you cannot determine a suitable concentration to use.



LABELING REQUIREMENTS FOR FAST PLANT SOLUTIONS
Every container of liquid (even water) needs a label containing the following information:

• The NAME of the material(s), SPELLED OUT (no abbreviations)-- e.g., "Hydrochloric acid", not "HCl"
• For anything dissolved in water, the CONCENTRATION must be given, either in Molarity (moles per liter) or in other metric units (such as grams per liter, which may be abbreviated g/L).
• If more than one solute is dissolved, each should be listed, with its concentration.
• Store-bought materials with identifying labels are OK as-is if you add the information listed below.
• The INITIALS of everyone in your group, such as "JS, MB, JAF, PO".
• A DATE (month and four-digit year are enough, e.g., 9/2018). This ensures that material discovered years later can be recognized as obsolete.