Turpentine Varnish

Name: Emilie Foyer - Ana Estrades - Wen Rui Zhao - Jenny
Date and Time:

2015.11.30, 11:15am

Location: Chandler Laboratory
Subject: Turpentine varnish from Manuscript

Protocol with recipe (scroll down for Turpentine)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13fjUSCJAMc86xKDaGu8KSaZaDTKotuIWZxkWWr3zM5k/edit?usp=sharing

11:15:
Prepared equipment and weighed material:
80gr of venice turpentine in a 250 ml beaker
40gr of Distilled Turpentine in a 100ml beaker
Hotplate placed under fume hood.
Chopsticks for stirring
Gloves (for heat) and thermometer close at hand.


Checked Safety Data Sheets and protocol one more time. Goggles and gloves are on. Ready to roll.

11:27
Put Venice Turpentine on hot plate. Setting at 2.
Temperature is 19.6°C
Goal is to reach simmering temperature which should be slightly above 140°C

Heating the Venice Turpentine

11:32
at 121 °C Heated surprisingly fast!

11:38
Steaming. Added the Turpentine Oil and turned off heat.
Removed from hot plate. Final temperature 117°C

Final Product

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Name: Emilie Foyer
Date and Time:

2015.11.30, 11:40 am

Location: Chandler Laboratory
Subject: Gold Varnish using Turpentine Varnish and Turmeric

See here for Gold Without Gold Experiment

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