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Things You Won’t Work With?
Derek Lowe has written an excellent series of posts on things he won't work with. Many of the things on his list can really mess you up. Other are just smelly. Neat dimethyl zinc i …
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Best Practices for Solvent Stills?
Continuously-operated solvent stills have been the cause of many laboratory fires in the last several years. Although alternatives exist, not every lab is willing to upgrade.
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Latex or Nitrile?
It seems that in every lab I've worked, the subject of the relative effectiveness of latex vs. nitrile gloves comes up.
If I'm working with common organic solvents on a routine ba …
