Pumptastic

Jun 08, 2006 17:37

There are two high vac pumps in our lab, referred to as "Pump A" and "Pump B".

It is well-circulated in this lab that Pump A is best, especially for difficult solvents.

So who spends hours with it trying to take down some water and then serendipitously finds he can do the same job in fifteen minutes with Pump B?

I wouldn't be surprised if the ( Read more... )

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lactam June 9 2006, 14:02:22 UTC
Pumps are important things. When I was at USM, I rebuilt a couple pumps, and maintained them (hell, I even changed the oil) and those things could suck down water in a matter of hours.

It's probably late on Friday by now, and you're probably off to watch the first two World Cup games, but you should have a race: which pump can suck down the most water in x amount of time, and which one could get water across to the condenser faster?

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