> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:20 AM, David Gallagher <dt...@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk> > wrote: >> I've been using a Belle technologies anaerobic glovebox with in built >> microscope and liquid nitrogen dewar port [...] >> plunging loops straight into vials preloaded into an ESRF puck
why, why, why, and why? >> [...] This requires more care than what I would >> ordinarily do [...] perhaps leading to icing. [...] the dewar can only be >> reached by my right hand [..] >> the microscope is in the way! >> advice as to how I can overcome this problem [...] of icing? glove-box specific suggestions (plus combination thereof) in addition to standard cryo tips: move the microscope out of the way adapt scope appropriately get another microscope practice using your left hand use a larger crystal-containing drop and loop you can see without a microscope try a smaller hemispherical dewar move scope into the bigger area (I looked at http://www.belletechnology.co.uk/ ) nix the pucks use capillary-mount - frozen if possible (e.g. http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0021889801003697) use a vinyl Coy chamber which allows overall flexibility. -Bryan
