CuriosityKilledtheKat
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Does anyone know of any full safety kits available to purchase in Australia for my hobby lab? I have searched extensively and can only find single
items! I would prefer to order a kit containing everything I need for a safe work environment Thankyou.
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bob800
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What do you mean by "safety kit"? You mean a kit that would include a fume hood, workbench, gloves, goggles, etc? I don't think such a kit exists, and
even if one did, it would be EXTREMELY expensive.
You can, however, build your own lab table, fume hood, etc. There are several threads on things like this, so please use the search function!
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I agree with bob800, you will definitely not find an all encompassing 'kit' for safety. You mention the word environment in your post. Try and define
exactly what environment will you be working in. Namely, what threat will you be faced with. Will you be doing simple beginners reaction or making
ampules of phosgene?
And that's the thing about safety. It is more a state of mind and a set of rigorously followed protocols then it is something to be bought. Think
about all that could happen and determine what you need. Simple things like gloves, goggles/faceshields can be found locally for little to nothing.
Where proper clothing if you don't have an apron or labcoat. Think "what if I accidentally knocked that beaker of hot
H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> into my crotch." A fume hood is really essential for some things, but working outside with a good
fan will suffice for most. Always remember not to contaminate the area and to practice safe disposal though.
Read.
Read.
Read before doing anything, and do dry runs, and work the reaction out on paper. Always start small and check good literature before try to scale up
any reaction.
Look for safety threads here and check out some other good sites like woelen's and many others.
[Edited on 24-8-2011 by Bot0nist]
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There are other small things such as...
keep a bucket of baking soda with you at all times. It puts out fires well by releasing CO2 and it can also effectively deal with acid spills.
Keep containers of oxidizers well sealed a far away from flames. Out of experience I was once using a pack of calcium hypochlorite; I had an alcohol
burner 2 feet away. The plastic caught fire and the whole thing deflagrated after having burned for a couple of seconds. Luckily all it resulted in
was a cloud of smoke and a hole in the driveway... however fires that have oxidizers *in* them are significantly more dangerous than normal fires,
being harder to put out and capable of producing an explosion.
*Otter sniffs the puddle.*
*Licks a tiny bit of it up.*
*Pukes out dinner.*
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Bot0nist
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A deflagration punched a hole in your driveway?
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Otter
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Fire was hot enough to melt it such that when I started scraping the ashes up chunks of the driveway started coming out.
*Otter sniffs the puddle.*
*Licks a tiny bit of it up.*
*Pukes out dinner.*
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Quote: Originally posted by CuriosityKilledtheKat  | | Does anyone know of any full safety kits available to purchase in Australia for my hobby lab? I have searched extensively and can only find single
items! I would prefer to order a kit containing everything I need for a safe work environment Thankyou. |
you sound like the guy would couldn't figure out how to get sulfuric acid.. he said he was from australia too.
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CuriosityKilledtheKat
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Thankyou Bot0nist and Otter i'll be sure to keep those tips in mind. I'll be working in a space roughly 10m2 just beginners reactions nothing too
advanced to begin with I have only a micro distillation kit half a dozen test tubes and a small beaker set to work with I also have work benches &
storage facilities and i'm looking into making a fume hood after finding a few helpful threads on the SM forums but before I start I want to make sure
I have taken every possible safety precaution and MeSynth your comment was rather dumb this is the Beginnings forum and a discussion on laboratory
safety afterall and i'm quite sure I know how to get sulfuric acid
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MeSynth
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you dare call me dumb? i was going to help you but not now.
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Bot0nist
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Mesynth, He did not call you dumb, but rather your comment. I am inclined to agree with him on that point. It was cryptic, non-helpful, and irrelevant
to the thread. Then you follow up with another useless post stating basically, nanny nanny boo boo, I wont help you.
So, since he didn't say it, I guess I will.
U dumb.
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MeSynth
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i was tiered. buy a fume hood.
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CuriosityKilledtheKat
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Mesynth I didn't call you dumb I said your comment was and I don't feel like being a keyboard warrior so lets just leave it at that btw here are some
websites I have found for anyone who like myself want some equipment/tips for lab safety
www.cch.com.au/au/OnlineStore/ProductDetails.aspx?...9...2.....
www.greymatter.net.au/sciweb/guide/handouts/guide1ho2.pdf
www.dynamicfume-exhaustsyst.com.au/
www.frsa.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3096
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MeSynth
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FUME HOOD | GOGGLES/GLASSES AND A FACE SHIELD | GLOVES
SMART 
[FUME HOOD]--[SCRUB SOLUTION]--[ACTIVATED CARBON]--[NEIGHBORS]
DUMB 
[FUME HOOD]--[NEIGHBORS]
IF YOU DONT SCRUB YOUR FUMES HOOD EXHAUST DO EXPERIMENTS AFTER 11PM SO KIDS ARE NOT EXPOSED TO THE CHEMICALS.
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redox
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| Quote: Originally posted by MeSynth | FUME HOOD | GOGGLES/GLASSES AND A FACE SHIELD | GLOVES
SMART
[FUME HOOD]--[SCRUB SOLUTION]--[ACTIVATED CARBON]--[NEIGHBORS]
DUMB
[FUME HOOD]--[NEIGHBORS]
IF YOU DONT SCRUB YOUR FUMES HOOD EXHAUST DO EXPERIMENTS AFTER 11PM SO KIDS ARE NOT EXPOSED TO THE CHEMICALS. |
Can you not write in all caps please? It is extremely irritating. 
Also, just so you know, all of your posts on this thread have been pointless and stupid, adding practically nothing to the conversation.
Please think before you post.
Anyway, my homebuilt fume hood vents strait to the atmosphere. But I've got a lot of land, so no one is going to be poisoned from my experiments. The
gases dissipate quite quickly in open air, leaving only a small propensity for an accidental poisoning.
[Edited on 26-8-2011 by redox]
My quite small but growing Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/RealChemLabs
Newest video: Synthesis of Chloroform
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MeSynth
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| Quote: Originally posted by redox |
all of your posts on this thread have been pointless and stupid, adding practically nothing to the conversation.
Please think before you post.
Anyway, my homebuilt fume hood vents strait to the atmosphere.
[Edited on 26-8-2011 by redox] |
I have already decided previously that your either incompetent or intentionally trying to spread misinformation. I will no long reply to any of your
posts and I urge others to do the same.
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redox
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I'm sorry MeSynth, I was in a bad mood when I wrote that. I didn't intend to sound mean. But seriously, many of your posts don't add much to the
conversation. Also, what misinformation was I spreading?
My quite small but growing Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/RealChemLabs
Newest video: Synthesis of Chloroform
The difference between chemists and chemical engineers: Chemists use test tubes, chemical engineers use buckets. |
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| Quote: Originally posted by CuriosityKilledtheKat | | Does anyone know of any full safety kits available to purchase in Australia for my hobby lab? I have searched extensively and can only find single
items! I would prefer to order a kit containing everything I need for a safe work environment Thankyou. |
This company be not in the antipodes, however, it will give you
some idea's.
http://www.labsafety.com/
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