STIR 3 (IMAGE)

Rice University

STIR 3

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Rice University chemists who discovered that chemicals used in Billups-Birch reductions of carbon nanotubes react with the white PTFE stir bars, turning them black. They recommend using glass stir bars, like the one in the middle, for such reductions.

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Brandon Martin/Rice University

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