[NHCOLL-L:2942] RE: Carosafe

[John Early]

John
 
>then using propylene glycol won't help, because you still have the
issue a solid (the specimen) that has absorbed the flammable (alcohol).>
 
Would  this really be an issue?  It's difficult enough to get 70%
ethanol to ignite so the risk presented by a 70% ethanol soaked specimen
surrounded by inert propylene glycol seems an infinitesimally small risk
to me, and the postal authorities/couriers need only know about the
glycol.
 
Regards,  John
 

John Early

Manager Natural History and Curator of Entomology 
Auckland War Memorial Museum 
Private Bag 92018, Auckland, N.Z. 
telephone +64 9 306 7042 
fax +64 9 306 7091 



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