Hi ,
1) If you are collecting the data at the APS the samples frozen in propane can
be legally shipped there (check APS web site for information)
2) The samples CANNOT be mounted using either the ACTOR or ALS Style auto
mounter. But the samples can be shipped using either the Rigaku pucks or
I agree with Nukri
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On Dec 4, 2020, at 10:42 AM, Nukri Sanishvili wrote:
Hi John,
I think I know what might have happened:
Many of the MX beamlines at the APS use some sort of filler in the containers
where the LN2 is dumped. If I remember correctly, one of the beamlines
Hi Jack, I have never seen “dewar rocks“ before. It does not look like the
internal absorbent which is whiteish. Any inside the dewar? Does it still stay
cold?
Looks like rocks from a gravel walkway.
Steve
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On Dec 4, 2020, at 10:05 AM, Tanner, John J. wrote:
When we
Hi Pat,
So sad to hear!
I have seen such failures on the CX100 shipping dewars. Generally failure
occurs close to the neck of the dewar and is apparently probably caused by a
hard side or angular impact cracking a weld or the shell. Most the failures I
have seen have been When shipping in the
My experience with xtals frosting in LN2 either in a dewar, while freezing, or
in pucks, has been because the LN2 was contaminated with ice crystals The fog
you see above your dewar when freezing xtals is frozen water vapor...it will
fall and collect in the LN2 and also deposit on the xtals.
