I did some ICP testing for the sole purpose of checking for things like Al from the bio-bricks, or possibly metals I didnt want in there, not for the nonsense in the results, like “you need vanadium”. But what i did get is confirmation how useless they actually are.
It would be important to get confirmation that the hobby grade kits you use keep you in the ballpark, so, of course, dKh, Ca, Mg, Nitrate, phosphate, maybe iodine, manganese, iron, potassium……
So after that first round, i decided to send that lab 3 tests, but from the same tank, at the same exact time and labeled as 3 different tanks. The results should have been the same, or at least similar, right?
So, i ordered 3 tests from another, did the same thing, and again…. Results should have been the same? Similar?
yeah, both answers are no. How are they getting away with this?
do they have Phd Chemists operating the machine, or just some dude with a liberal arts degree and has a fish tank and started a YouTube channel?
now, i do have experience using a mass-spec, and when I used on samples, the same sample when rechecked, had the same exact results.
Im sure someone is going to say how well ICP does for them, but for me, Shenanigans confirmed.
It would be important to get confirmation that the hobby grade kits you use keep you in the ballpark, so, of course, dKh, Ca, Mg, Nitrate, phosphate, maybe iodine, manganese, iron, potassium……
So after that first round, i decided to send that lab 3 tests, but from the same tank, at the same exact time and labeled as 3 different tanks. The results should have been the same, or at least similar, right?
So, i ordered 3 tests from another, did the same thing, and again…. Results should have been the same? Similar?
yeah, both answers are no. How are they getting away with this?
do they have Phd Chemists operating the machine, or just some dude with a liberal arts degree and has a fish tank and started a YouTube channel?
now, i do have experience using a mass-spec, and when I used on samples, the same sample when rechecked, had the same exact results.
Im sure someone is going to say how well ICP does for them, but for me, Shenanigans confirmed.