The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual: A Student's Guide to Techniques
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Chapter 1, Problem 4E
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Biology laboratories often have stools while this might be foolish in the
Concept Introduction:
A laboratory is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which experiments, research and measurement may be performed.
A chemist might use a wet laboratory and it contains various inherent toxic and hazardous chemicals like acids, alkali compounds, etc.
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