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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Hi Mandy,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">The vapor pressure of formaldehyde in aqueous solutions that are less than 40%w/v is real (we can smell it) but considerably lower than the vapor pressure of water in the solution. Therefore, unless the surrounding atmosphere
is very close to 100%RH (speculating, perhaps > 99%), then water will be leaving the solution faster than formaldehyde does. Therefore, keeping a lid on makes more sense than leaving it off if the goal is extracting formaldehyde while keeping formaldehyde
concentration as low as possible in the solution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><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>Mandy Reid<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 21, 2022 9:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Rhiannon Stephens <Rhiannon.Stephens@Australian.Museum><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Formalin transfer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk43465280"><span lang="EN-AU">We are currently working on a large project at the Australian Museum to transfer our entire mollusc collection out of formalin (in which it has been stored for historical reasons) and into ethanol
for long term preservation.<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk43465280"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk43465280"><span lang="EN-AU">We normally soak each specimen lot out in 3 changes of water in a fume hood with lids left off the containers/vials etc. to assist with degassing of the formaldehyde in solution.
Our problem is a bottleneck in our workflow due to limitations imposed by our fumehood work space. I am wondering whether others in the group have faced similar issues and whether soaking out can possibly be done in water but leaving the lids on the containers
(hence could be done on a lab bench after pouring off the formalin in the fume hood)? We don’t have a way to measure residual formalin after the soaking-out process so don’t know whether or not this will be effective.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk43465280"><span lang="EN-AU">Any advice would be much appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk43465280"><span lang="EN-AU">Mandy<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk43465280"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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