{"id":21846,"date":"2024-08-19T11:25:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T18:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/?p=21846"},"modified":"2024-08-19T14:42:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T21:42:15","slug":"how-can-i-avoid-spilling-ph-storage-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/21846","title":{"rendered":"How can I avoid spilling pH storage solution?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have long advocated using a nickel under the cap of the pH storage solution container when using a pH sensor. The nickel acts as a lid to prevent spills, should the container be knocked over. However, in 2024 the manufacturer of the storage containers changed the design slightly, so that nickels are now too thick. We have created a 3D printable &#8220;thin nickel&#8221; to serve as a lid. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"21852\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/IMG_5698-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/IMG_5698-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/IMG_5698-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/IMG_5698-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/IMG_5698-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/IMG_5698-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"21854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/IMG_5697-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/IMG_5697-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/IMG_5697-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/IMG_5697-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/IMG_5697-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/IMG_5697-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p>You can access the design on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tinkercad.com\/things\/3E20l16NGYu-phdisk\">Tinkercad<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:6736622\">Thingiverse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The dimensions of these disks are: diameter = 21.20 mm, thickness = 0.80 mm<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have long advocated using a nickel under the cap of the pH storage solution container when using a pH sensor. The nickel acts as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86433,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}