From: Alison og Thomas Høyer (alihoyer$##$mobilixnet.dk)
Date: Sat Feb 26 2000 - 04:59:30 EST
It is the 'request for a safe solvent purification system', that worries me. Do what you can to make it safe, Joanne, but remember that safety lies with the people using the system. Basically, to do irreversible reactions with water present in minute concentrations in flammable solvents is potentially dangerous. Glass can break, oxygen is ubiquitious, flame points of many solvents are low. People are forgetful.
If you know what youre doing, if you understand the apparatus and its principles you have come a long way.
At work, we tend to buy the solvents pure and dry, as drying your own solvents is very expensive in terms of solvent loss, cooling, drying agents, time, lab space, inconvenience, and risk.
> Dear all,
>
> I am after some recent references covering the risk of use of organic
> solvent stills to explosion and fire, especially if these have examples of
> the cost and/or damage to chemical institutes. I don't mean to be morbid,
> this is to help justify a request for a safe solvent purification system.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Joanne
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