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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear Tom,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Can you tell if there might be a probleem with acidity with cotton wool?<br>
I have heard about alternative using of synthetic cotton.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Best!<br>
Lennart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Schiøtte<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 16, 2022 12:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Dear Joosep,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" 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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" 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"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DA">Tom Schiøtte</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Nhcoll-l <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Joosep Sarapuu<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 16. august 2022 10:39<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Fluid preservation jar lids<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Joosep Sarapuu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Estonian Natural History Museum<o:p></o:p></p>
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