[RASMB] centerpiece/window compatibility with decontaminating solution

[sumit goswami]

Hi,
I guess I was wrong when I talked about using contrad for decontaminating
cell assembly. Contrad is a detergent so most likely it's not gonna be that
effective for decontamination. Bertrand mentioned about Vikron as
decontaminating agent. I will try to buy it. At this point I have bleach
solution. Does anybody know if that is okay with epoxy resin and sapphire?

Thank you so much!
Sumit

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 7:51 AM, Brandon L Doyle
<DOYLE_BRANDON_L at lilly.com>wrote:

>
> Sumit,
>
>  I am not sure what variety of Contrad or concentration you are planning on
> using for decontamination, but we routinely use Contrad70 (about 0.1-1%
> vol/vol solutions) on Epon cells with no apparent ill effects.  We have not
> noticed any etching of windows (or quartz spectroscopy cells for that
> matter) with those dilute conditions either.
>
> Brandon
>
>
>
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>   *sumit goswami <ikant11 at gmail.com>*
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> [RASMB] centerpiece/window compatibility with decontaminating
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> Hello All,
>              I am planning to run some sed-vel experiments with a protein
> that is cytotoxic. That means the components of the cell assembly will
> require decontamination followed by the experiment. Can anyone tell me if
> the centerpieces (Epon charcoal-filled) and the sapphire windows are going
> to be okay with bleach or contrad? I am more concerned about the
> centerpieces.
>
> Thank you so much!
> With regards,
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