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Emergency Eyewash and Shower Stations
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2023
Robert M. Rioux, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mandates that an emergency eyewash and shower station be easily accessible in all workplaces in which a person could be exposed to injurious and/or corrosive substances. Emergency eyewash and shower stations should be used in the case of a laboratory or workplace accident that involves the spilling of a harmful, possibly corrosive chemical onto the body or the splashing...
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Working with Hot and Cold Sources
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2023
Source: Robert M. Rioux & Suprita Jharimune, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Working with extreme temperatures, both high and low, is an integral part of many laboratory operations. For many, mentioning a laboratory instantly evokes the mental picture of a Bunsen burner. Bunsen burners and hot plates are used extensively in small and large operations in research laboratories and industries, thus making it necessary for all users to be aware of their safe handling...
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Hot Wire Anemometry
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2023
Source: Ricardo Mejia-Alvarez and Hussam Hikmat Jabbar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Hot-wire anemometers have a very short time-response, which makes them ideal to measure rapidly fluctuating phenomena such as turbulent flows. The purpose of this experiment is to demonstrate the use of hot-wire anemometry.
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Hot Weather Concreting
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2024
Concreting at elevated temperatures accelerates the hydration process, leading to quicker setting but potentially reducing the long-term strength of the concrete structure. Additionally, low air humidity fosters rapid moisture loss from the concrete, resulting in reduced workability, pronounced plastic shrinkage, and a higher likelihood of crazing. Mitigating the heat increase in concrete can be economically achieved by shading aggregate stockpiles to prevent heating from solar radiation,...
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Behavioral Phenotyping of Murine Disease Models with the Integrated Behavioral Station (INBEST)
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2015
Prolonged and comprehensive monitoring of mice in a home-cage environment provides a deeper understanding of aberrant behavior in murine models of brain diseases. This paper describes the Integrated Behavioral Station (INBEST) as the key component of contemporary behavioral analysis.
FAQs
The heating element converts electrical energy into heat, and moving air transfers that heat toward the selected work area. Temperature and airflow controls determine the thermal delivery rather than relying on an uncontrolled heat source. This arrangement helps concentrate heating on a component while limiting unnecessary warming of adjacent parts during laboratory assembly.
Temperature and airflow are separate controls that regulate heat delivered to a target. Changing these settings helps match the thermal treatment to the component being worked on while maintaining more controlled conditions around nearby parts. This matters when materials in an experimental device must be heated, dried, or thermally processed without unnecessarily affecting surrounding components.
Localized heating directs thermal processing toward a specific part of an experimental device instead of broadly warming the surrounding assembly. That control can reduce unwanted heating of nearby components, which is valuable when preparing electrodes, assembling insulated wires, or shaping heat-shrink tubing. More consistent treatment also supports reliable construction of tools used in neural experiments.
A practical workflow is to identify the component requiring heat, select temperature and airflow settings, and apply the controlled stream to the intended area. The station can then support localized heating, drying, or thermal processing as required. Using consistent settings across comparable assemblies helps reduce variation in component preparation and device construction.
In neuroscience equipment construction, a hot airgun station can support electrode preparation, insulated-wire assembly, and shaping of heat-shrink tubing. These tasks occur during the preparation of tools for neural recording, stimulation, and related laboratory procedures. Controlled heating is particularly relevant when the assembly contains nearby components that should not receive unnecessary thermal exposure.
Consistent thermal control can reduce damage to delicate materials during device construction and make comparable assemblies more reproducible. For neuroscience tools, that reliability supports preparation of equipment used in neural recording, stimulation, and related procedures. The benefit is not a direct measurement of neural activity, but more dependable construction of the devices used to perform those experiments.