[Nhcoll-l] buckets for specimens

[Dirk Neumann]

Hi Tonya,

I would avoid any sorts of buckets but look into UN-rated (small) drums 
instead as they are stable against chemicals, usually have a rather 
(air)tight closure and have thicker containers walls (and thus less 
permeable for oxygen); there are the traditional blue drums

https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fencrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcThCs_aKPRn8cWFKvru5BZDh6Pqji8PdIl8fPnFnJ8EI5qPC786&sp=184902a12191821a6c926315e52d5f58&anticache=485264 


and - more interesting - (small) white barrels with screw on lids and 
adequate caulkings

https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fencrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcS9zIEvp0Wm4k8-UoCJsXg-Gp-25yZoD4sQzBF7bB5gAuOiCUfj&sp=be562f3be7ba9b7e9c67e5974453ee5d&anticache=586603

We use the latter regularly in the field and for interim storage with 
good results, and they are surely available in Down Under as well.

Hope this helps
Dirk


Am 08.08.2019 um 08:46 schrieb Haff, Tonya (NCMI, Crace):
>
> Hi all,
>
> I need to order some buckets for storing larger fluid-preserved 
> specimens in. Eventually we would like to go to stainless steel 
> containers, but right now that’s not an option…. Anyway, I am 
> wondering if polypropylene buckets are acceptable in terms of archival 
> quality (I realise they will eventually fail) and if not, if anyone 
> has a better recommendation for a relatively cheap solution?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Tonya
>
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