I would suggest dry ice (on top of something plastic on top of the metal
shelves), NOT liquid nitrogen. Dry ice is usually cold enough to bring our
cryostat to -28 C when it won't cool down past -24 C because of frost on the
compressor. I don't think it actually makes the cryostat colder than tha
Hi Louise
Not a very safe practice. I have heard of people using a bag of dry ice
pellets rested against the knife holder to lower the temperature of the knife,
both for when the chamber is too warm or the tissue needs to be cut at a lower
temperature, such as fat.
regards
Tony
Tony
Never heard of that and I would not do it at all. Just leave the cryostat to
freeze itself.
René J.
--- On Fri, 10/14/11, Kaye Ryan wrote:
From: Kaye Ryan
Subject: [Histonet] pouring of liquid nitrogen into a cryostat
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: Friday, October 14, 2011, 12
bad idea - what about splash ups from the chamber? Very scary to contemplate
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Kaye Ryan wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Has anyone ever heard of pouring liquid nitrogen into the chamber of a
> cryostat that has warmed up to help cool it down more quickly? Does
> this d
Hi Everyone,
Has anyone ever heard of pouring liquid nitrogen into the chamber of a
cryostat that has warmed up to help cool it down more quickly? Does
this do harm to the chamber or mechanisms of the cryostat? Any
information would be appreciated.
Thanks
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