In my experience the most common mistakes are not flushing the glass setup properly with an inert gas, BOTH before hydrogen is introduced AND after the hydrogenation is complete.
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=EF=BB=BFHello James;There are several groups that might be interesting for you to talk to. However, are you interested in only lab scale hydrogenations or larger scales? And as far as methanol filtrations or is this focused on filtration after the hydrogenation is completed?ThanksJack D. Brow--- For more information about the DCHAS-L e-mail list, contact the Divisional membership chair at membership**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org Follow us on Twitter **At_Symbol_Here**acsdchasOn Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 2:45 PM James Kaufman <jim**At_Symbol_Here**labsafety.org> wrote:A colleague asked me to gather your thoughts about the following inquiry.--- For more information about the DCHAS-L e-mail list, contact the Divisional membership chair at membership**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org Follow us on Twitter **At_Symbol_Here**acsdchasDo you know, or do you know of someone/group I could talk to concerning industry best practices about hydrogenation/open access hydrogenation/methanol/filtration, etc.? We would like to see if there are some practices out there that we haven't considered.Regards ... Jim
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