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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Safety Equipment for K-12 Science Classes

Date: Oct 12, 2017 21:04 UTC

Author: Samuella Beth Sigmann <sigmannsb**At_Symbol_Here**APPSTATE.EDU>

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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Fume Hood Ducting

Date: Oct 12, 2017 21:33 UTC

Author: Jim Doughty <jdoughty**At_Symbol_Here**MIT.EDU>

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From: Jim Doughty <jdoughty**At_Symbol_Here**MIT.EDU>

Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Fume Hood Ducting

Date: Oct 12, 2017 21:14 UTC

Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety

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Demystify: 

Hello,

We experienced this in our Chemistry Department; however, we believed it to be from vacuum pumps and the likely culprit were those pumps that had hard connections to their exhaust duct. A better setup is to insert the vacuum pump hose into the duct and let room air flush the duct out continuously. Hard connections are frequently made unintentionally when some tries to figure out how to keep the hose from falling out of the duct and then duct tapes over the whole thing or similar. This was particularly noteable in our labs with a high glove box density.

Hope that helps.

Jim Doughty
MIT

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On Oct 12, 2017, at 4:46 PM, Elizabeth Brubaker <ebrubaker**At_Symbol_Here**MURRAYSTATE.EDU> wrote:

Has anyone experienced accumulation of oil (perhaps mineral oil from a heated oil bath?) in fume hood duct work? Is this reasonable or even possible? Could a sufficient amount remain in the system for it to condense out in the ducts when the exhaust fans were turned off for an extended period?

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