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Subject:Re: chemical hoods From:Marilynne Smith <mrsmith -at- CTS -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 1 Apr 1996 11:51:00 PST
At 04:25 PM 4/1/96 +1000, Stewart Walker wrote:
>Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 08:49:00 PST
>From: Marilynne Smith <mrsmith -at- CTS -dot- COM>
>Subject: Re: chemical hoods
>David Ibbetson wrote:
>>Are those the things one finds in chemistry laboratories? If so, I think I
>>would call it a fume extractor.
>Marilynne Smith replied:
>>If you have technicians of the uneducated sort working with the fume
>>extractor, you had better call it some sort of hood. You might even call it
>>a ventilated hood for removing dangerous fumes. In this case, it's very
>>important to know who your reader is. What is written on the hood? A
>>chemist is different in his understanding than a technician or a student.
>My AUD$0.02:
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>When I did high school and university chemistry, they were called fume
>cupboards
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I think fume cupboards is a correct term. My point was simply that it is
vital for the user to understand its purpose and its operation.
Marilynne
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(I missed the opening instalment - sorry if this is where you
>started from!). This may be an Australian term, so as Marilynne says, it's
>very important to know who your reader is.
>Cheers
>Stewart
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