[Nhcoll-l] buckets for specimens

Thu Aug 8 04:59:36 EDT 2019

Hi,

We have used the same kind of drums as Dirk has since the mid 1990s and are quite satisfied. Other sorts of plastic containers were no success. For formalin we have only experience of short term storage. But, as Dirk points out, excellent for field work.

Best wishes,

Erik Åhlander
vertebrate zoology and museum history

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Skickat: den 8 augusti 2019 09:01
Till: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu; Tonya.Haff at csiro.au
Ämne: Re: [Nhcoll-l] buckets for specimens

Hi Tonya,

I would avoid any sorts of buckets but look into UN-rated (small) drums instead as they are stable against chemicals, usually have a rather (air)tight closure and have thicker containers walls (and thus less permeable for oxygen); there are the traditional blue drums

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and - more interesting - (small) white barrels with screw on lids and adequate caulkings

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We use the latter regularly in the field and for interim storage with good results, and they are surely available in Down Under as well.

Hope this helps
Dirk

Am 08.08.2019 um 08:46 schrieb Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace):
Hi all,

I need to order some buckets for storing larger fluid-preserved specimens in. Eventually we would like to go to stainless steel containers, but right now that's not an option.... Anyway, I am wondering if polypropylene buckets are acceptable in terms of archival quality (I realise they will eventually fail) and if not, if anyone has a better recommendation for a relatively cheap solution?

Thanks!

Tonya

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