Difference between revisions of "Team:Exeter/Team"
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from both in and outside the lab.</p> | from both in and outside the lab.</p> | ||
<h2>Newcastle</h2> | <h2>Newcastle</h2> | ||
| − | <p id="pp" style="font-size:200%;"> | + | <p id="pp" style="font-size:200%;">Part of the Newcastle iGEM team’s project this year involved an experiment centred around the creation of biological electronic components. Newcastle asked our team if we could help them out by finding the thermal conductivity of different growth media. With the help of our biophysicist supervisor Ryan Edgington, we came up with a plan to measure the conductivity.</P> |
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| + | <p id="pp" style="font-size:200%;">Using the apparatus we had available, we discovered that the thermal conductivity of LB and M9 broth to be roughly | ||
the same as water. The conductivity of water at room temperature is about 598.4 $\frac{mW}{Km}\text{ }$(mili | the same as water. The conductivity of water at room temperature is about 598.4 $\frac{mW}{Km}\text{ }$(mili | ||
watt per metre kelvin). | watt per metre kelvin). | ||
We found the conductivity of LB and M9 to be (605 $\pm$ 20) $\frac{mW}{Km}\text{ }$ and (570 $\pm$ 30) $\frac{mW}{Km}\text{ }$ respectively | We found the conductivity of LB and M9 to be (605 $\pm$ 20) $\frac{mW}{Km}\text{ }$ and (570 $\pm$ 30) $\frac{mW}{Km}\text{ }$ respectively | ||
| − | You can read more about | + | You can read more about our method <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Exeter/Team/collab">here</a>.</p> |
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<h2 style="text-align:left;">Purdue</h2> | <h2 style="text-align:left;">Purdue</h2> | ||
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