A well-designed chemical fume hood, when properly installed and maintained, offers a substantial degree of protection to the user, provided that it is used correctly and its limitations are understood ...

General laboratory room ventilation is designed to provide heating and cooling to the laboratory. General room ventilation does not effectively control personnel exposures to hazardous levels of ...

VAV laboratory fume hoods have dominated the laboratory design world for the last 25 years. Conventional wisdom suggests that the specification of the design exhaust flow rate for them is an ...

If your chemical fume hood has low or no airflow, broken dome lights, broken sash (or sash is difficult to slide up or down), airflow sensor malfunction, or the hood needs annual re-certification, etc ...

The world of fume hoods can get complicated with all the options currently available. Join Beth Mankameyer (Sales Engineer) at Labconco as she discusses the basics of fume hood design, what the ...

HEMCO Island Canopy Hoods are ideal to locate over peninsulas and are designed to collect and exhaust corrosive vapors, heat, steam and odors when mounted over areas with water baths, hot plates or ...

Endeavour™ ductless hoods incorporate much of the advanced technology of AirClean® Systems’ Independence fume hood with the cost effective backbone of AirClean® Systens’ AC4000 folding and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A computing division is teaching students how to put their computers to "sleep." A chemistry department found ways to reduce fume hood use without affecting classes or research. A ...

Hydrofluoric acid (HF) is a clear, colorless liquid consisting of hydrogen fluoride gas dissolved in water. It is an extremely dangerous material and all forms, including vapors and solutions, can ...

Jonathan Witt is the college’s Chemical Hygiene Officer. Please reach out to him if you have any questions. This web based summary of Bates College’s Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP) is intended to make ...