chandigarh its a portable science laboratory with a difference the tablet cover is converted into a container for mixing chemicals the test tube is onetenth of its usual size and the entire apparatus including the flasks chemicals burner are folded into a size of book to be carried around any where the compact yet fully functional and effective kit is developed by department of chemistry in goa university which is being demonstrated at the pride of india exhibition running parallel to the indian science congress from january 3 to 7 the main advantage of the miniature apparatus kit apart from the mobility is minimising wastage of valuable chemicals while carrying out experiments dr sp kammat from the goa university says that they are the first institution in the country to have thought of developing such a apparatus the main motive of which is to reduce the sheer wastage of the valuable chemicals that are used in carrying out reactions right from the school level to that used by research scholars concerned about absence of regulations in india about fixing the amount of chemicals to be utilised in laboratories the professor says they had followed the us pattern where norms are laid out on the limited use of reagents and wastage a lot of literature on microscaling techniques is also available all the 10 colleges affiliated to the goa university have made it mandatory to carry out chemical reactions in these apparatus alone said prof kammat who has set up a separate corner at the stall of goa state put on sale at the stall the chemical kit is priced anything between rs 150 to rs 1000 depending upon the level of research and experiments that have to be carried out while the general chemistry kit is for the students of class xi and xii the department has also developed environment chemistry kit which costs rs 150 each