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--- glovebox [2023/07/12 17:49] – created piper
+++ glovebox [2023/07/19 10:34] (current) – piper
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 ==== Glovebox Usage Guide ====
-- Sign in Logbook
+Sign in logbook
-* Enter all information in logbook including nitrogen and O2 levels. (If O2 level is higher than 1 ppm and/or nitrogen level is lower than 500 PSI, notify Piper.
-- Loading Samples into Small Antechamber and Evacuation
+  * Enter all information in logbook including nitrogen and O2 levels. (If O2 level is higher than 1 ppm and/or nitrogen level is lower than 500 PSI, notify Piper.
-* Back fill the small antechamber. (Make sure the small antechamber is “under vacuum”).
-* Open the outer door of the small antechamber and load your materials into it. (No materials that absorb air or moisture).
-* Evacuate the antechamber slowly until -30 Hg, then pump for 5 minutes at -30 Hg and refill. Repeat evacuation/refill 3 times.
-- Unloading Samples from Small Antechamber to Glovebox
+Loading Samples into Small Antechamber and Evacuation
-* Insert hands & arms into the black rubber gloves while using the left side of the foot pedal to decrease pressure within the box. Make sure that both the refill valve and evacuation valve are closed.
+  *Back fill the small antechamber. (Make sure the small antechamber is “under vacuum”).
-* With hands inside gloves, grasp the inner door handle and open the door.
+  *Open the outer door of the small antechamber and load your materials into it. (No materials that absorb air or moisture).
-* Move items in or out of the small antechamber and close the inner door.
+  *Evacuate the antechamber slowly until -30 Hg, then pump for 5 minutes at -30 Hg and refill. Repeat evacuation/refill 3 times.
-* If you are working in the glove box for an extended period of time (longer than 20 minutes), put the antechamber under vacuum while working in the box.
-- Finishing Up
+Unloading Samples from Small Antechamber to Glovebox
-* Remove all utensils, samples, debris and waste from the glovebox.
+  *Insert hands & arms into the black rubber gloves while using the left side of the foot pedal to decrease pressure within the box. Make sure that both the refill valve and evacuation valve are closed.
-* Wipe down each of the black rubber gloves with isopropyl alcohol and kimwipes.
+  *With hands inside gloves, grasp the inner door handle and open the door.
-* Make sure the evacuation valve is open.
+  *Move items in or out of the small antechamber and close the inner door.
-* Record your information in the logbook: name, date, time, O2 level, nitrogen level, action taken, comments.
+  *If you are working in the glove box for an extended period of time (longer than 20 minutes), put the antechamber under vacuum while working in the box.
+Finishing Up
+  *Remove all utensils, samples, debris and waste from the glovebox.
+  *Wipe down each of the black rubber gloves with isopropyl alcohol and kimwipes.
+  *Make sure the evacuation valve is open.
+  *Record your information in the logbook: name, date, time, O2 level, nitrogen level, action taken, comments.
 === WARNING: Sulfur and sulfur compounds such as H2S, RSH, COS, SO2, SO3, etc., poison (deactivate) the reactant material in the purifier. Large quantities of halides, chlorides, halogen (Freon), alcohol, hydrazine, phosphine, arsine, arsenate, mercury, and saturation with water may also deactivate the oxygen reactant. ===