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<DIV><SPAN class=363205521-19072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Chris,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=363205521-19072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks
for the info, but are you saying that this is a US supplier for the
same low-cost quartz windows mentioned by Olwyn Byron back in
'99 from a company called TSL group? And why not tell us all the
actual 'reasonable' price from Saint-Gobain Quartz?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=363205521-19072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Further, it may be important to note that the quartz windows
supplied by Beckman (made by Meller Optics) are listed by
Meller as <U>single-crystal</U> quartz, while these ones from
Saint-Gobain are, I believe, probably <U>fused</U>
quartz. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=363205521-19072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=363205521-19072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I've
never been entirely clear exactly why Beckman specifies single-crystal quartz,
but I'm guessing there is a difference in strength or durability. Can someone
else on RASMB or perhaps one of the Beckman folks enlighten us on this?
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=363205521-19072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=363205521-19072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
believe Neil Errington noted back in '99 that the low-cost quartz windows from
TSL gave higher noise and developed cracks with extended use above 50K
rpm.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=363205521-19072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=363205521-19072004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>John
Philo</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
rasmb-admin@server1.bbri.org [mailto:rasmb-admin@server1.bbri.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Chin, Christopher<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 19, 2004 2:08
PM<BR><B>To:</B> rasmb@server1.bbri.org<BR><B>Cc:</B>
tina.m.scott@saint-gobain.com; Lee.c.Malone@saint-gobain.com;
nancy.j.heid@saint-gobain.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [RASMB] Affordable Quartz
window update!<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Affordable Quartz window
update<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Dear RASMBers<SPAN
class=613545318-19072004>,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Just want to share this information with you that
Saint-Gobain Quartz
<st1:country-region><st1:place>USA</st1:place></st1:country-region> sells
windows that we can use with an affordable price.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have done some test (enclosed) on
these products and feel it is comparable to the product I got from Meller
Optic.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I believe this company is
the same company mentioned in 1999 rasmb_archives. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">For those who are interested you can
contact;</FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Tina M. Scott<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Saint-Gobain Quartz
</SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">USA</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Sr. Customer Service
Specialist<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Phone:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>502-775-7383<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Fax:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>502-775-7385<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Email:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>tina.m.scott@saint-gobain.com<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Web Site:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A
href="outbind://6/www.quartz.saint-gobain.com">www.quartz.saint-gobain.com</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">By the way, does any body know if we can
purchase some reasonable priced “cell Housing Plug”?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">All the best.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Chris</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Arial>Christopher Chin</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Arial>Manager</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Arial>Sealy Center for Structural
Biology</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Arial>HBC&G, 5134 MRB.
rt1055</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Arial>UTMB </FONT><A
href="mailto:cchin@utmb.edu"><FONT face=Arial>cchin@utmb.edu</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial>, </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Arial>409-772-1693, efax
708-585-1920</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT
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