From: Monona Rossol <0000030664c37427-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Densified chemical storage systems
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:40:40 -1000
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You surmised correctly. Wet animal specimens were usually in 95% alcohol and formaldehyde. Even Darwin brought back his collection in alcohol. I'm major museums there can be hundreds of thousands of gallons of alcohol in fragile old glass containers. Monona 

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On Mar 21, 2017, at 10:59 AM, Margaret Rakas <mrakas**At_Symbol_Here**SMITH.EDU> wrote:

Hi Debbie,

All of the previous comments make good points.  I have seen this type of shelving in use at Yale's Peabody Museum, where they hold many many containers of specimens in preservatives.  I was lucky enough to get a 'back stage' look at the inner workings of this museum a couple of years ago.  As I (barely) remember, I think the room itself was designed as 'explosion proof'.  I am guessing that there are lots of flammable liquids on those shelves...not sure of whether they are stored in secondary containment or not, but these are very well catalogued--location, date, weather, all sorts of things--so are quite valuable, and the room looked extremely new (not old/dusty/forgotten).

It's not exactly what you'll be storing, but you might want to give them a call.  Sorry I don't have a name of anyone at the museum, but I would try going through Yale's EHS department as they provide health & safety services to the museum, where there is a LOT of cool research going on...

good luck!
Margaret

On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Debbie M. Decker <dmdecker**At_Symbol_Here**ucdavis.edu> wrote:

Hi All:

 

Does anyone have any experience with using this type of system for chemical storage?    http://www.spacesaver.com/more-success-stories/

 

If you do have experience, do you have a rough estimate of cost?

 

Thanks very much,

Debbie

 

Debbie M. Decker, CCHO, ACS Fellow

Past Chair, Division of Chemical Health and Safety

University of California, Davis

(530)754-7964

(530)304-6728

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that proceeds smoothly under normal conditions,

can proceed violently in the presence of an idiot."

 

 

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