@ntumanovxray.bsky.socialYeah, I know that today is Nobel Prize in chemistry and so on, but still, I am back with the traditional guessing game. Try to guess - which #minerals are inside of these food-supplement-shaped objects?
#chemsky #chemsky #SupplementsSaga #TaurateCurse
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@ntumanovxray.bsky.socialI received taurine, and we had Mg(OH)2 in the lab, so now I can do synthesis(crossed) memes; memes are better!
Short reminder (volume VI, part 7) for those who did not followed #TaurateCurse series:
@ntumanovxray.bsky.social"Thank you for your email.
We are unable to open two of the attachments you sent. Please could you send them in a different format so our Quality Team can have a look at the results."
Pdf, I send you a pdf!
It took them to 2 months not open a pdf.
@ntumanovxray.bsky.social"Fake-Of-The-Day"
This one is boring - just another "magnesium taurate", part 31.
Today I have Mg taurate from Mattisson: www.mattisson.nl/magnesium-ta...
As any other "magnesium taurate" supplements, it contains zero of magnesium taurate.
@ntumanovxray.bsky.socialBehold! The #TaurateCurse is broken!
At the end, I had to "develop" the synthesis myself and I got crystals (with help of the colleague who can actually did manipulations in the synthesis lab).
But now I had to change the draft of the article, changing "magnesium taurate does not exist" to...
