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The film made on February 4 was cut into pieces, weighed and measured for thickness, then placed in water until the next lab period
Measurements were as follows:

measure 80 mL of water
add 2 g of LB Broth
autoclave and sterilize in 121C for 60 minutes, and leave for another hour until the pressure drops back to atmosphere pressure

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+==Objectives==
+* Cure films from last lab period into the ovens
+* Characterize swelling of epoxy films
+* Prepare new films for PXRD analysis
+* Autoclave broth solution
+==Measurement of swelling in epoxy film==
+* The film made on February 4 was cut into pieces, weighed and measured for thickness, then placed in water until the next lab period
+* Measurements were as follows:
+{| {{table}}
+| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Section'''
+| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Initial thickness (mm)'''
+| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Initial weight (g)'''
+| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Final thickness (mm)'''
+| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Final weight (g)'''
+| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''% difference in thickness'''
+| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''% increase in weights'''
+|-
+| 1||2.17||2.22551||2.30||2.24013||5.99||0.6569
+|-
+| 2||1.78||2.23953||1.78||2.25681||0||0.7716
+|-
+| 3||1.65||0.93694||1.66||0.94787||0.61||1.1656
+|-
+| 4||2.32||2.30817||2.29||2.32841||-1.29||0.8769
+|}
+==LB Broth Media==
+* measure 80 mL of water
+* add 2 g of LB Broth
+*autoclave and sterilize in 121C for 60 minutes, and leave for another hour until the pressure drops back to atmosphere pressure