Condenser tubing (popping out of a sink) was responsible for our Stockroom "Flood of '06".� The unit was left on in a teaching lab on the 4th floor and by morning it had rained down through our stockroom to collect 2" of water in the first floor classrooms.� Mind you this was flowing over wooden shelving not secured to the floor or ceiling and holding unsegregated chemicals.� Fortunately, the shelving did not fail or the students would have been entering classrooms that morning likely containing a toxic chemical soup.

On the upside, money was magically available for a beautiful stockroom renovation! :-)

I wish that I did have pictures for you, but I was new to the world of chemical management, etc. and did not know to document everything.
Sammye

Hi All:

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I have a couple of hold-outs who insist on using one-pass water in reflux condensers and the like.� The �??California is in constant drought�?? argument gets me nowhere.

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So I�??m looking for flooding incidents when the tubing popped off the condenser and flooded the lab or building, etc.� Images would be awesome.

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Thanks!

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Best,

Debbie

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Debbie M. Decker, CCHO, ACS Fellow

Past Chair, Division of Chemical Health and Safety

Councilor and Programming Co-Chair

University of California, Davis

(530)754-7964

(530)304-6728

dmdecker**At_Symbol_Here**ucdavis.edu

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Birkett's hypothesis: "Any chemical reaction

that proceeds smoothly under normal conditions,

can proceed violently in the presence of an idiot."

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