Mel Schriver
@schrivermel.bsky.social
Started out in fluorine chemistry, then stable radicals, then phosphorus fluorides, then phosphaalkyne sulphides, then oxathiazolones. Along the way I got a PhD and did some teaching. My students call me Dr Mel but I love my title of Opa. Soon to retire.
Lunch Time Lab Scrapping: my old lab power transformer #74 got dropped. I dismantled it to parts and got: copper, brass, aluminum and iron with total scrap value $ 8.73. It would cost me about $ 400 to replace old # 74 but in the words of Stan Rogers "she won't be replaced should she founder".
February 2, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Lunch Time Lab Scrapping: my old lab power transformer #74 got dropped. I dismantled it to parts and got: copper, brass, aluminum and iron with total scrap value $ 8.73. It would cost me about $ 400 to replace old # 74 but in the words of Stan Rogers "she won't be replaced should she founder".