[Histonet] picric acid

[Julio Benavides]

Hi,

For how long can you keep it in water? any particular dilution or just 
keep it humid (saturation)?

We also do have some dry picric acid in the lab and, after reading about 
the bomb squad, I was begining to get concerned...

Thanks a lot

julio


El 06/05/2016 a las 15:30, Rene J Buesa via Histonet escribió:
> Picric acid is an expensive reagent useful in many histology procedures.The advise you received of adding water is a good one.Humid picric acid will not explode at all. Why waste a good reagent?Keep humid, you will eventually used it.René
>
>      On Thursday, May 5, 2016 3:24 PM, Mca Werdler via Histonet <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:
>   
>
>   Dear histonetters,
>
> Since a few months, i started working in a histology lab, run only by me (
> coworkers are not specialized in histology). There has not worked here a
> person at histology for about 2 years.
>
> After many new protocols, i decided to clear out some chemicals.
> Now i found around 1 KG of DRY picric acid. I informed my coworkers about
> this, and they said just to dissolve everything in water.
>
> What do you guys think is the best way for handeling with this explosive
> chemical? Thank you all in advance!
>
> Maarten
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