June 29 MSTF SPIDER SILK

June 29
Today Tom took me to the chemistry research lab to collect the 5 acids. We are going to test the web concerning N/A, dissolve, or hydroxylation (or both). We collected the acid and will figure the molarity of each acid with the % assay value. We will mix the dilutions tomorrow. We could have done the dilutions today but were running out of time and we didn’t want to lose track of all the dilutions and bottles etc. After mixing the dilutions we will probably have to test the webbing Wednesday since we have to go to the ASU PT Campus (Williams Air force Base) and will be short on time. The acid may have an immediate effect or may take more time which is what we are short on. Not a lot was accomplished today but that is going to happen. Too much to do not enough time! We are still brain storming how to bring the concept to the classroom. The concept seems direct but the details are not in place yet. We are hoping everything will fell in to place by the fourth week. It was still a good day spending time with the graduate and undergraduate assistants.