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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear Joosep,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">At our museum we always used ordinary 100% hydrophilic cotton with satisfactory results for stoppers in the glass-tubes. Among other things it keeps its properties over very long time. We have experimented with
other solutions, but they always proved to be problematic in some way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Mind you, with the setup on your photo, use also a layer of cotton wool under the glass tubes to prevent them from breaking on the outer glass jar. And if you now tell me that the tubes and jars are some kind
of plastic or PVC, please reconsider your choice. Glass and cotton have practically eternal life, while other materials have yet to demonstrate that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Joosep Sarapuu<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 16. august 2022 10:39<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ET">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ET">We would like to know which lid is the best for small jars for fluid specimens. We have an idea that when we collect (for excample small coastal specimens) in the same area and same date we can sort them out in the small
jars and place small jars in the big jar (like in the picture) to save space and it will be comfortable to manage these. We will put alcohol in both jars, the small ones and big one also. But right now we do not know which is the best way to close the small
jars to prevent specimens to fall out. Is some kind of cotton, or plastic or something else the best. Can somebody help us?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ET" style="mso-fareast-language:ET">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ET" style="mso-fareast-language:ET">Joosep Sarapuu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ET" style="mso-fareast-language:ET">Estonian Natural History Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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