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Parafilm: What Is This Thing?!

5 minutes 5 seconds

Now Playing As: Captioned (English) (change)

Host Alex Dainis highlights the uses and history of parafilm. It is commonly used in health care, pharmaceutical, and research laboratories for covering or sealing vessels such as flasks, cuvettes, test tubes, beakers, Petri dishes, and more. Scientists and researchers use it in the lab since it is ductile, malleable, nontoxic, and self-sealing.

Media Details

Runtime: 5 minutes 5 seconds

Topic: Science
Subtopic: Science Experiments, Science Methods
Grade/Interest Level: 10 - 12
Standards:

Release Year: 2017
Producer/Distributor: Alex Dainis

Lights and gauges with display screens cover the walls. Illustration of energetic reaction drawn on top. Caption: it releases a lot of energy in the form of heat.

A butterfly sits on a metal head. Caption: can see regular color images and near infrared.

A self healing reverse filter. On screen text, 1 centimeter. 1 time real time, 7 to 3 ratio, D I water to glycerol, 0.0083 M S D S. Caption: and it self heals after the object passes.

A 360 view of the clouds and the tree tops. Caption: Clouds play a pivotal role in our planet's climate,

The illustration depicts the distress signals sent by the plant, when the caterpillar munches on its leaves. On screen text, Larva, Pieris rapae. Caption: Here's a caterpillar munching through a leaf.

A graphical illustration of a star. Caption: reveal the inner workings of these rare stars,

A group of people visiting an active volcano. Caption: scientists visited New Zealand's topol volcanic zone,

A man with a shovel standing besides a water body. Caption: The team wants to see what other pollutants are recorded.

Illustrations depict a cell placed above the graphene, which is illuminated by a light bulb. Caption: The more intense the light, the faster the cells beat.

A biological skin and a bioinspired e skin. The e skin consists of synthetic layers instead of biological layers. Caption: work together to give our hands their extraordinary sensitivity.