RAT test photo dump

Gallery highlighting uniqueness of crystal structures in rapid antigen tests.

Hello,

Been testing a few aspects of RATs (rapid antigen test). I've observed these particular kits before, but I'm interested to further document the structural characteristics that appear to be somewhat unique to these tests. Samples were prepared on 9/15 and took roughly 3 days to fully mature.

The growth of these crystals have proven difficult to document. Their growth is so slow as to be imperceptible to the naked eye; a stark contrast to the energetic process that quickly develops crystals from anesthetics I’ve observed. Even long timelapse recordings have been less useful due to unpredictable timeframes these structures develop under. For anyone unfamiliar, I prepare these RAT sample by soaking the swab in the provided buffer and then stamp-rolling the swab along a clean slide.

randomly growing pattern that developed only in one particular area of a prepared slide

In terms of size, these crystals are generally many times smaller than anesthetic crystals. They tend to exhibit pronounced internal borders and unusual symmetrical patterns. The light they reflect in darkfield exhibits vibrant neon greens and pinks which appear to glow with particular intensity.

Below: The first three images demonstrate a growth pattern for one of these particular crystals. Note the incredible symmetrical pattern in the interior structure, the two suspended dots on either side, & the asymmetrical positioning of the interior structure once the crystal has matured further.

Above: the field of dots in the lefthand image appears random except for the diamond shaped alignment of the dots in the center.

another example of internal rings/bubbles/cells

textured ridge along bottom edge

Below is an example of a bubble/cell developing in crystal from a 24hr old sample. Timelapse. real-time was about 15 minutes.

Thats about all I have for an update. I’m still observing anesthetics among other products, so look forward to posts about those in the future.

Bye for now,

Will