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Technicians' Notepad To post a notice on this page contact Chris Coombs at the Spencer Centre |
| Equipment Exchange Post your offers/needs here |
| Loans Post your offers/needs here |
| Vacancies Post your offers/needs here |
| Help!! Enquiries Are lab coats safe? A teacher was wearing a 67% polyester : cotton mixture lab coat that caught fire as she leaned over a non-luminous Bunsen burner flame (on a sunny day!). The molten fibres severly burnt her arm and body. We have heard of similar accidents before. When using small amounts of chemicals, a lab coat is not essential; it just protects your clothes and is not classed as personal protective equipment. If you decide to wear a lab coat, the safest material is thick cotton or a cotton-rich mixture. |
| Forthcoming Courses Introductory courses for new technicians: SC28A - General introduction, Thursday 10 October 2002, 9.15 - 11.45 am SC28B - Chemistry Skills, Thursday 10 October, 12.30 - 4.30 pm SC28C - Biology Skills, Friday 18 October, 9.15 - 12.15 SC28D - Physics Skills, Wednesday 30 October, 9.15 - 12.15 SC30 Senior Technicians' Meeting, Tuesday 17 December 2002, pm SC33 - Physics Safety for Technicians, Tuesday 4 February 2003, 1.30 - 4.30 pm Further details |
| Publications update |
| Cheap/good supplies In its new web site, www.trade-web.co.uk Southern Counties Calibration offers tips for servicing balances and microscopes and suggests where to find spare parts. You might wish to browse! |
| Contacts Directory of contact names/e-mail addresses of Northamptonshire Science technicians |