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Pro tip: make it boiling hot. I knocked myself out instantly (but briefly) by accidentally breathing in over a boiling chloroform vat at a biotech internship. C
by dalyons 4y ago
Pro tip: make it boiling hot. I knocked myself out instantly (but briefly) by accidentally breathing in over a boiling chloroform vat at a biotech internship. Came to a few seconds later on the floor. (Don’t actually recommend)
- pcthrowaway 4y agoDid anyone see it happen? Were you close to falling in?
- dalyons 4y agoFortunately it was in a busy lab so I was noticed! The boiling retort/bath was only a bit larger than head size, so technically possible to fall in but thankfully not :)
- xen2xen1 4y agoWas that the chloroform or hypoxia like someone mentioned? Seems the second would be much more dangerous?
- dalyons 4y agoMaybe! I’m no expert. But it was a really quick situation - lid popped, I looked in , there was boiling chloroform when there was supposed to be a different reagent (due to a software bug in the machine). Down I went. So probably not time for hypoxia? Fun bug report to write haha