Bear Day!

During the Bear Day poster session I learned about a poster by Kasie Knapper about Detection of Bio-Available Metals in Kaolin Samples coupled with Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (that's the abbreviated version).


It was basically a study of chemistry with Kaolin

Many graphs were used, basically line graphs and one bar graph, in order to show the flow of information obtained after testing.

To test she got a sample slurry to digest the acid, spun it, and took the liquid, heat it with a plasma torch which heats the metals to where the ions are concentrated.

The top layer was then taken and inspected for results.

This poster described her independent study for chemistry with the element Kaolin.  An ICP instrument was used to test the samples.  A large amount of samples were used in order to obtain an accurate result.  They had to find the error for each calculation to get this average.  


These results were shown using line graphs and also a bar graph was used to show the relative equality of the samples consistency.  A stock solution was used for consistency with testing and the intensity correlates to the concentration of the solution K (Kaolin).   However, no clear correlation was found of solution K concentration to the pH.