You may wish to alert your receiving staff to the possibility of
receiving a leaking bottle of R3 (neat TFA) in your next HP reagent shipment.
A leaking bottle of R3 (lot 29-VoJo-JK) was delivered to us today. Although
not a lot of TFA got out, the upper portion of the bottle/label was wet, the
inside of the "paint can" was corroded and the smell of TFA was awful (I can
still taste TFA... Yuck!). The bottle cap was easily tightened a quarter
turn, whereas you cannot usually open one with your hands. (OK, I know someone
out there does not need the TFA bottle "wrench" to open an R3, but I do).
It would be a good idea to "glove-up" and open your TFA "paint cans" in
the hood for a while. And you too can play the lab version of "Trick-or-
Treat"!
Steve
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Stephen Tindall
Argo BioAnalytica, Inc.
Phone: 1-973-605-2100
Fax: 1-973-605-2104
StvTindall@aol.com
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