Experiments had been going somewhat ok until today. Ketoprofen
crystallized inside the pump so now Sylvie and I have to take apart the
entire pump and try to clean it out. Ça pête pas. It's gonna take at
least a day o…
I ran my first experiment today. Things went mostly as planned. I got
ketoprofen crystals but they seem to have a relatively large size
distribution. I'll have to run the experiment two more times under the
same condi…
Had a fun 3-day weekend in Paris. Friday I met up with Ellen who was
nice enough to show me around the city and then had dinner at her
place. Saturday I took a boat tour on the Seine and then wandered
around the city …
Things didn't go as planned today. The polyvinyl alcohol didn't
dissolve in the water after 24 hrs of stirring. And I didn't know how
difficult it was to weigh ketoprofen powder. It kept sticking to the
spatula so I w…
Set up my experiment yesterday. Looks pretty weird huh? Yeah I think so
too but I'm pretty sure it works and that's what matters.
I'm trying to make tiny spherical crystals of ketoprofen so that people
with arthr…
Palm Sunday- Went to mass at the cathedral today. It's the most
beautiful cathedral I've ever seen - nicer than St. Peter's or any of
the one's I've seen in Spain. It was the first mass I've attended since
I've been i…