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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">it might be worth checking together with safety people how large the total volume of the storage room is. You collection is not too big. The question is if you would toss all jars at once, all would break, would this create and
ignitable atmosphere. When still in Munich in preparation for renovation works, we did this calculation, counted jars of different sizes per shelf, calculated an mean volume of ethanol stored per shelf, and found that we would need to knock off several hundred
jars to create an combustible atmosphere. Our calculation was so convincing, that it passed the external evaluation for explosion safety.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">As Chris noted, if there is any ventilation / air make-up in this storage, it would be worth checking if alcohol fumes build up anyway. Another option is to improve the seals and invest money in better closures to lower the evaporation
rate. That not only saves a lot of staff time for monitoring and topping up, also improves the long-term conversation of the specimens.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">The second thing worth looking is potential ignition sources. Even if you would knock all jars at once - there would be no fire, unless a spark would lit everything up. IN this storage, there should be no working spaces, all electric
sockets should be above 1.2 metres, the room lighting should not be old neon lights but LED instead, any electric installations in this room should be rated for alcohol storage rooms.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hope this helps</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 29.01.2023 um 16:12 schrieb Amanda Callaghan:<br>
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!important">I'm looking for some advice on how to store fluid collections that are mostly either 70% alcohol or 5% formalin. We are a small museum at the University of Reading, UK, with around
2,000 zoological specimens in fluid (in sealed containers). We are being forced to move into a new facility which was arranged over 18 months ago. However suddenly we have been told that SDEAR (UK) regulations mean that we must have an 11m flue since we are
adjacent to a tall building. This will preclude our using the agreed site. We feel that this is excessive and are looking to experts to give us their opinion.</span><span style="color:rgb(33, 33,
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<div><font style="line-height:1.5" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#242424"><span style="font-size:12pt">It will be a store room in a larger building with specimens on shelving. People will only be in there if they need to access specimens to take for teaching
or check on their status. We feel that good ventilation and mask wearing for protection against formaldehyde fumes should be sufficient. Thank you.</span></font><br>
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