<div dir="auto">The problems with vermiculite are inhaling the dust and that with the vibrations of moving it can easily shift enough to fail to cushion the containers from knocking against each other. The safety officers are recommending it simply to absorb leaks. If your jars are well sealed you could use newspaper for padding. If the potential for leakage is a problem use absorbent pads for packing. Another serious concern is the environment of the storage area. If there is much temperature variation this can result in the failure of container seals. Is the temporary storage area heated and/or cooled? If so, how? How variable is the temperature?</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 19, 2023, 7:03 PM Elizabeth Wommack <<a href="mailto:ewommack@uwyo.edu">ewommack@uwyo.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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The UWYMV has to do an emergency move of its wet collection to accommodate construction in the museum building. </div>
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We are working with our Safety Office to make sure the fluid specimens will be stored as safely as possible. The current plan is to package up each shelf into hard sided moving boxes, fill the space inbetween jars with vermiculite, and store the collection
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I have read both Simmons 2014 and Coetzer et al. 2009, as well as gone through SPNHC's documentation on moving of collections. With our very limited time we will do the best we can for inventory, and make sure each jar is topped off before it goes into a box.</div>
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I could not find recommendations on boxing and packing material for movement of whole jars of fluid specimens however. Vermiculite was the recommendation of our Safety Office, since that is how they transport jars of chemicals safely. Does anyone know of adverse
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Any thoughts and recommendations greatly appreciated.</div>
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