Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- purchasing_supplies [2023/04/17 13:18] – ethanminot
+++ purchasing_supplies [2025/03/20 17:16] (current) – ethanminot
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ====== Purchasing supplies ======
-There are common methods for making purchases:
+There are three common methods for making purchases:
   *BennyBuy
   *Department Credit Card (administered by Kelly Carter)
   *Ethan's T&E Credit Card (administered by Ethan)
-BennyBuy offers a "punch through" to access some company websites and charge to a research index. I enjoy using the BennyBuy punch out to purchase stuff from McMaster Carr and DigiKey (good prices, good deliver time). Watch out for companies on BennyBuy that overcharge for basic supplies. For example, ThermoScientific may charge 3 times the normal price for a box of microscope slides.
+BennyBuy offers a "punch through" to access selected company websites. Then you can purchase your shopping cart using a research index. I enjoy using the BennyBuy punch out to purchase stuff from McMaster Carr and DigiKey (good prices, good deliver time). Be warned, there are companies on BennyBuy that overcharge for basic supplies. For example, ThermoScientific may charge 3 times the normal price for a box of microscope slides.
-BennyBuy offers purchase orders with a set of registered companies, including KAYAKU ADVANCED MATERIALS, who sell photolithography chemicals. Remember to use the comments box to write the email address for the company when submit an order through BennyBuy.
+BennyBuy allows you to make purchase orders from a set of registered suppliers, including KAYAKU ADVANCED MATERIALS (photolithography chemicals). Remember to write the email address of the company in the BennyBuy comments box when you submit the order.
 ===== Silicon wafers =====
+A short article about choosing the [[silicon_wafers|specification of the wafer]].
   *[[http://www.novawafers.com/products-silicon.php#3inch|Nova Electronic Materials]]. Our current supplier.
@@ Line 22: / Line 24: @@
 ===== Companies we have ordered from =====
-  *[[http://www.amazon.com|Amazon.com]] - Ampad 22157 Computation Notebook (lab notebooks)
+  *[[http://www.amazon.com|Amazon.com]] - Ampad 22157 Computation Notebook (lab notebooks), cleanroom sticky floor mats, Calgonate 2.5% Calcium Gluconate
   *[[http://www.aveninc.com/|Aventools]] - Tweezers (Anti-acid, Anti-magnetic: $23)
   *[[http://www.atomate.com/|Atomate]] – CVD furnace equipment
@@ Line 69: / Line 71: @@
   *[[http://www.unidym.com/index.html|unidym]] - CNT ink and transparent thin films
   *[[http://www.upchurch.com/|Upchurch Scientific]] - microfluidics, tubing, microfluidic connectors, selector valves
+  *[[https://estore.ushio.com|Ushio]] - halogen bulbs for the AFM lamp.
   *[[http://www.vwrsp.com/|VWR]] - miscellaneous lab supplies
   *[[http://www.qsiquartz.com/|Quartz Scientific]] - Wholesale [[quartz tubing]]. Cutting out the middleman, as it were.