do use use computers ? – Plastic Zone

Question: do use use computers ?
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Asked by anon-335595 on 4 Oct 2022.
- Chloe Loveless answered on 4 Oct 2022:
  
  Yes I do. From answering emails, through to the equipment in the lab using computers to control them.
- Justin Perry answered on 4 Oct 2022:
  
  Yes. All the time.
  Computers are needed for planning and then writing up your experiments, and for interpreting the data from your experiments. So many instruments which you would use to follow an experiment are computer controlled… so in our labs we have computer controlled equipment which measures the shape of water droplets on the surface of a piece of plastic to see if they will run off or stick to the surface.
  I also use computers to predict properties of chemicals in a topic called computerized molecular modelling. Just knowing the number of atoms and bonds in a molecule enables a computer program to have a good guess at that molecule’s shapes and properties. It is not perfect and can be very slow but today there are ways to even predict the properties of pieces of plastic this way.
- Victoria Bemmer answered on 4 Oct 2022:
  
  yes- all the time! a lot of lab equipment is run by computers, and i need them for data analysis as well!
- Harry Dodge answered on 4 Oct 2022:
  
  All the time, it’s a really important skill in my job. I use it for:
  – Designing components using special software
  – Analysing results from experiments
  – Providing prices to customers
  – Researching new materials or manufacturing methods
  – Communicating with colleagues, suppliers and customers
  – Managing production
- Mark McGrady answered on 5 Oct 2022:
  
  All the time. There is a master computer which runs our plant so I’m working with some others on the site to learn about coding, something I’ve never done before. Then there’s my personal computer for emails, writing up reports and accessing all the business systems we have

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