Dear Glenn,
We use tacky mats near the entrance of our 600 MHz instrument. All other
NMR rooms have carpet and users walk quite a distance to reach the
spectrometer.
The easiest thing to do is to cover the foot of users approaching the
spectrometer. I have seen the Time-Warner cable service personnel taking
out a shoe cover from their pocket and wear them each time they entered
our house. These shoe covers are similar to those used in the hospital
operating room and he wore that 5 - 6 times on wooden floor without tearing
them.
Sandip
At 10:59 AM 1/15/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>We are about to open a new NMR lab which is a short distance down the hall
>from a machine shop. My concern is that small metal filings will cling to
>the shoes of those walking past the machine shop and find their way into
>the lab and inevitably the magnets. A colleague of mine suggested that I
>buy some magnetic sheeting (used commonly for signs for cars etc..) as a
>foot mat near the entrance to help pull the filings off shoes. Have any
>of you used such things? I have heard that tacky mats can be high
>maintenance so I would like to avoid them. Are their any other
>suggestions for this concern?
>
>
>
>Dr. Glenn A. Facey
>
>NMR Facility Manager
>
>University of Ottawa
>
>ph (613) 562 5800 ext 6077
>
>fax (613) 562 5170
>
>gafacey_at_science.uottawa.ca
>
>
PEACE
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Dr. Sandip K. Sur
NMR Manager and NMR Application Scientist
Department of Chemistry
University of Rochester
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Received on Thu Jan 17 2002 - 17:25:13 MST