As it turned out, the liner of the cap that had been used on this new
bottle wasn't squarely seated in the cap. I had removed the outer wax
layer that had been in place during shipment from Aldrich. So, with time
my secondary
storage bottle had filled up with CNBr vapor--luckily it's seal was
tight enough to keep the fumes in. So, now, another
lesson--when I open a new bottle of anything I usually look at the bottle
liner to check that it looks like it is doing its job.
On Tue, 13 Oct 1998 StvTindall@AOL.com wrote:
> Fellow HP Sequencer Users:
>
> 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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> Argo BioAnalytica, Inc.
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