From sjlee at snf.stanford.edu Thu Jan 4 11:55:28 2001 From: sjlee at snf.stanford.edu (sjlee at snf.stanford.edu) Date: 4 Jan 2001 11:55:28 -0800 Subject: liquid nitrogen Message-ID: <20010104195528.26331.cpmta@c004.sfo.cp.net> An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available URL: From king at snf.stanford.edu Thu Jan 4 17:29:10 2001 From: king at snf.stanford.edu (Robin King) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 17:29:10 -0800 (PST) Subject: liquid nitrogen In-Reply-To: <20010104195528.26331.cpmta@c004.sfo.cp.net> Message-ID: The maintenance folks replace the dewar when it's empty but sometimes it gets away from them if the use rate has been high. Metalica users can check it a day ahead, and if it's empty, let mainenance know- directly, through Coral, and by pushing the dewar out the door (the gentle hint method). We run the risk of backstreaming oil contaminants if we don't use the cold trap so we always try to avoid that situation. On 4 Jan 2001 sjlee at snf.stanford.edu wrote: > As a few people must know already, > the liquid nitrogen tank is empty. > Does that mean metalica can't be used, > or is there another supply or easy restock? > Thanks, > -John > > ---------------------------------------------- > E-mail at stanfordalumni.org is brought to you by > the Stanford Alumni Association and Critical Path. >