Monday – 22nd April
So #RealTimeChem Week is underway! Much in the vein of the 24 favourite tweets of #RealTimeChem day, I’ve decided to highlight my favourite tweets of each day. I’ve also decided to give out awards to aforementioned tweets, with the three best tweets of the whole week winning a prize, which you can find out about on the FAQ!
These awards are ordered into Ag (10 winners), Au (7 winners) and Pt (3 winners). Within these categories they are in no particular order.
So without further ado, onto the awards.
Monday, monday, monday. It’s generally a slow day of the week for chemistry and to be brutally honest it was a slowish start to #RealTimeChem week. Not in terms of numbers, I’m always impressed by the number of people who join in, but in some respects it’s to be expected that the best chemistry isn’t going to happen on a Monday, when everyone is just getting into gear.
Silver Award 
Renée is a long time RealTimeChem supporter and this is the first of many cups of coffee drunk during RealTimeChem week and I love the mug!
Good morning #realtimechem -ers! Starting my 3 day week as I always do #caffeine twitpic.com/cl0qql
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Renée Webster (@reneewebs) April 21, 2013
Luke may not have had a good start to #RealTimeChem week, with the first piece of smashed glassware of the day, but it’s a pretty spectacular break.
Not a great start to #RealTimeChem week... Smashed a sep funnel. Good thing it was only step 1 of my reaction! http://t.co/ncQqm7qaXf
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Luke Gamon (@lgamon) April 22, 2013
A somewhat artistic look at marking from the camera lens of Laura Jane. I hope the rest of that student’s questions got just as many ticks!
Monday mornings mean marking undergrad practical reports #realtimechem http://t.co/Bc5SRJuXYW
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Laura Jane (@laurajane0103) April 22, 2013
Mags Lum – I am jealous of your personal set of glassware – having left the lab I now I have none. 😥
I hate it when people swipe my glassware so @DeepPurpleFeet got me personalised Erlenmeyer flasks. #RealTimeChem http://t.co/2OKobUANoO
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Mags Lum (@ScientistMags) April 22, 2013
Dr. X must know I’m a sucker for a good old “mysterious” tweet, that makes chemistry sound fantastical and magical.
Kicking off #realtimechem week with quantum dots and a molecular mystery. Tales of intrigue and glowing vials.
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Dr X. (@fuschiaminutiae) April 22, 2013
Kat Badiola is one of the best RealTimeChemmers around, you should follow her blog, which is one of the best examples of open science around. We’ve all had something stinky/toxic/horrid in our fume hood that we just leave for later, and left for our “future self”.
Keep walking past and thinking: that's a lot of EtSH to deal with. Future self's problem. Home time now #realtimechem http://t.co/woQii4Hw4e
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Kat Badiola (@CaverKat) April 22, 2013
You can always trust Vittorio to come up with something humourous. Dewars seemed to be a thing this Monday.
Thanks for labelling the nitrogen dewar in such understandable way. #RealTimeChem http://t.co/oTVfbqEIMR
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Vittorio Saggiomo (@V_Saggiomo) April 22, 2013
Sarah sums up the drama of Undergraduate labs quite succinctly. Anyone remember a UG lab session where something didn’t break/catch fire/explode? …Oh just me then?
Demonstrating second year labs this morning. Had to put out one small fire. EtOH + bunsen burner = where's the fire blanket? #RealTimeChem
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Sarah Narramore (@kaytaralee) April 22, 2013
Tom promises he’s still a chemist. I’m inclined to agree. Only a chemist puts a setup like that together.
Ni affinity protein purification, before chemical glycosylation #IAmStillAChemistHonest #RealTimeChem http://t.co/xKFJyAWiVY
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Tom Branson (@TRBranson) April 22, 2013
Three Fortnights gives us three fortnights worth of wisdom. I’ve chosen this because at least 10% of my lab time was searching for the right adaptor….
Don't have the right adapter: use four sequential adapters instead. #RealTimeChem
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Three Fortnights (@Threefortnights) April 22, 2013
Gold Award 
Michelle from the Dickinson Nanomechanical Research Lab, shows that not all chemistry is conducted in a fume hood.
Watching sea urchins eat to understand ocean acidification & tooth chemistry #realtimechem facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… http://t.co/CNTIYvOwmw
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Michelle (@medickinson) April 22, 2013
Penny Higgins is a geochemist by trade and she made many tweets on Monday (as she does almost everyday!), showing you her process is great up close detail. This is just one example:
You'll just have to believe me when I say there's 200 micrograms of carbonate in there... #realtimechem http://t.co/gHc7xuXHTV
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Penny Higgins (@paleololigo) April 22, 2013
Matthew provides one of the few vines of the day. Not as spectacular as he would like, but it’s showing chemistry as it is, and that’s what #RealTimeChem is all about (click for the video).
Vine of me setting up rxn with DAST. Not nearly as exciting as I had hoped since bottle is old #realtimechem vine.co/v/bPZgm9ALear
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Matthew Katcher (@katmatcher) April 22, 2013
Orange + blue = green? Martin Schroder’s research group at Nottingham show off their new MOFs and get some unexpected colours.
Colours in chemistry don't always work as you'd expect. Our secret new ligand + Cu(NO3)2 -> green MOF. ow.ly/i/1Ww0A #RealTimeChem
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MOFs@Nottingham (@NOTTs_MOF) April 22, 2013
Dr. Neil does exactly what we all do in the laboratory. Make do and mend! You’d think it was World War II…
Fixing the vac controller on the Buchi so it actually stops at the pressure I want! #RealTimeChem http://t.co/XG6hxA93Nu
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Dr Neil (@theyakman) April 22, 2013
David Nutt is chosen as a representative of the many lecturers who joined in on the day, who can probably emphasise….
Big pile of final year project reports to mark... #realtimechem http://t.co/WnicqA8tbk
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David Nutt (@dr_nutt) April 22, 2013
It’s always good to see a young aspiring chemist show such enthusiasm for the subject. If RealTimeChem can inspire even a single young person to choose chemistry, it’ll have been worth while. ΔD tweeted some nice stuff from his high school labs, and deserves this award wholeheartedly.
Being as involved in #realtimechem as possible even though I'm only a high school student aspiring to be a chemist! http://t.co/EPO57v1HBY
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ΔD (@deltadario_) April 22, 2013
Platinum Award 
The Grumpy Chemist wins top prize for the day for the prettiest crystals of the day! We all love a good crystal.
Followed by lab through a flask of happy crystals. #realtimechem #chemtime http://t.co/qwNKU38UJm
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The Grumpy Chemist (@Chemistry_Kat) April 22, 2013
Come on that enthusiasm for new safety gloves is infectious isn’t it? Albano tweeted various #RealTimeChem throughout the day, but this one is just good fun.
Safety department people gave us new gloves for the liquid nitrogen #RealTimeChem http://t.co/evaRiynjf0
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Albano Galán (@albanogalan) April 22, 2013
A fun game from Chemist Hulk for #RealTimeChem week, who has guessed the glassware in the Hulk’s #RealTimeSmash?
REAL TIME CHEMISTRY WEEK BEGIN. WHAT HULK SMASH TODAY? #REALTIMESMASH #REALTIMECHEM http://t.co/75rWrw1Y11
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CHEMIST HULK (@ChemistHulk) April 22, 2013
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