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Spill Drill

Spill drill

May 28, 2019 BasedLabMan

Transport liquids and sooner or later something will spill.  As a lab manager, you need to be prepared for that, as do the staff. One of the cheapest things you can get to make sure that a spill is contained … Continue reading Spill drill

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Going above and beyond

February 19, 2019 BasedLabMan

My latest paper in the Journal of Chemical Health and Safety is out.  Always a cause for celebration, but for the rest of you, here is the distilled version. Continue reading Going above and beyond

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Dilute Acetone and Hydrogen Peroxide

October 31, 2017October 4, 2017 BasedLabMan

Don’t mix acetone and hydrogen peroxide Continue reading Dilute Acetone and Hydrogen Peroxide

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Your average laboratory on mercury fumes

Mercury in the Sink Trap

October 26, 2017October 26, 2017 BasedLabMan

How to detect the Continue reading Mercury in the Sink Trap

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Chemical compatibility can lead to explosions

Basics of chemical compatibility

October 17, 2017September 20, 2017 BasedLabMan

Chemical compatibility is frankly a subject of dread.  And for good reason. Here is a database of chemical compatibilities.  And here is a chart that gives a short version:   The ones you really want to watch out for are H & … Continue reading Basics of chemical compatibility

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Imagine acid doing this to your body...

Hydrofluoric acid accident

October 3, 2017January 16, 2018 BasedLabMan

Imagine this being done to a human body Continue reading Hydrofluoric acid accident

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