Re: Soundproofing an MS room
Gary Hathaway (hathaway@cco.caltech.edu)
Mon, 16 Feb 1998 21:14:16 -0700
At 5:27 PM -0700 2/13/98, Patrick McAtee wrote:
>I have two mass spectrometers in a fairly small room behind closed doors
>and the noise is definitely above background level. Does anybody know
>where I can get sound absorbing material to put on the walls. It seems
>to me that recording studios have asponge-like foam material stuck to
>the walls. There must be someplace I can get this or perhaps get some
>sponges from the local Home-Depot and superglue them to the wall.
>
>Any ideas ?
> Patrick,
We have used the foam panels from Sonnex. You should be able to locate
your nearest dealer via the web page for Sonnex or try The Huff Company at
www.soundcontrol.com. It was a simple matter to tack them to the walls
behind the mass spec. with a small staple gun. It took less than a couple
of hours and seems like it reduced sound levels about 50%. I don't remember
what we paid, but it wasn't alot.
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PPMAL - Protein/Peptide Micro Analytical Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
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