On Mon, 24 May 1999, Michael A Imbalzano wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It seems that every time I setup an Expedite/Moss to run overnight
> I often find there is an amidite bottle that is 1-2ml shy of the
> required amount needed to complete the run. Sometimes I "pour in" another full
> bottle, other times I just dump the old amidite into the waste container.
>
> As summer approaches an the humidity rises here in Philadelphia I am more
> hesitant to combine bottles. At the same time it seems like a huge waste to
> keep pouring good chemicals down the drain.
>
> I usually run through a 2 gram (40mls of amidite) bottle in about a week.
> If we were using a larger bottle I wouldn't mind dumping 5-10mls at the end.
> I know that PerSeptive experimented with 5 gram bottles but the "bottle upgrade"
> never got off the ground.
>
> Does anyone else have this problem?
> Has anyone modified their instrument to use larger bottles?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Imbalzano
> imbalzan@sas.upenn.edu
>
>