[Histonet] keeping acids in the lab.

[Jonathan Cremer]

We keep them in a ventilated cabinet next to the fume hood, but they're 1 l bottles. You should not put them together with bases, organic solvents or other chemicals. Also, put the bottles in a dish that is resistant to the acids (glass is very resistant, but more prone to breakage than plastics) and which can contain the entire volume of the recipients.
Certain acids are incompatible with each other as well; e.g. perchloric acid, which should normally be treated as if it's Hannibal Lecter.

Of course, this is al in a perfect world with no money and space constraints... Using common sense and keeping only small volumes already goes a long way.
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Jonathan Cremer
Laboratory Technician

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Van: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] namens Mehmet Fatih BOZKURT [fbozkurt <@t> gmail.com]
Verzonden: vrijdag 10 augustus 2012 19:24
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Hello Histonet,

How are you keeping daily used acids like hydrochloric, nitric, acetic and
formic?
Thank you..

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Mehmet Fatih BOZKURT, DVM, PhD
Afyon Kocatepe University
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Pathology
03030, ANS Campus
Afyonkarahisar-TURKEY
Tel: +902722281312-173/237
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