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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:26:45 -0400
Reply-To: Christopher Suznovich <snuz**At_Symbol_Here**MAC.COM>
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From: Christopher Suznovich <snuz**At_Symbol_Here**MAC.COM>
Subject: Re: Chemical Lab Safety News
Comments: To: List Moderator
In-Reply-To: <407A1E1F-2F8A-4BB9-B588-BAF1353226A4**At_Symbol_Here**uvm.edu>
In the case of the larger size bottles, one can pour the acid (or any
reagent) into a suitable size beaker then into the cylinder for measuring.
Chris Suznovich
On 8/26/09 1:54 PM, "List Moderator" wrote:
> From: info**At_Symbol_Here**ilpi.com
> Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Lab Safety News
> Date: August 26, 2009 9:02:11 AM EDT
>> Lab accident sends UBCO student to hospital with acid burns
>
>>
> This sounds like an accident that occurred when I was an
> undergraduate. In one of the other undergraduate chemistry classes,
> a student needed a few mL of concentrated nitric acid. He put his 10
> mL graduated cylinder on the bench and then attempted to pour the
> concentrated acid into it from a 4 L bottle. Of course, the bottle
> didn't balance on the edge of the cylinder very well, and, when it
> inevitably slipped, he poured the concentrated acid onto his lower
> face and neck. No permanent injury, but he did get some burns.
>
> Obviously, in situations like this one needs to provide smaller
> reagent bottles or pump dispensers...
>
> Rob Toreki
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