Design of "dry box"
Design of "dry box"
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I am currently working on designing a chamber capable of maintaining an oxygen free environment for a laboratory experiment.
I need to have some idea of how long it will take to purge a given volume chamber, probably using cylinders of compressed nitrogen or argon. This is important as a lengthy purge process might delay things, and a vacuum method might be better.
Also, is there a particularly good way designing such a system? Free flowing? Closed loop? Pressurized?
The atmosphere need not be perfect. We are merely trying to reduce the effects of an oxidation reaction that happens to occur in our experiment.
Any advice or resources would be appreciated.
I need to have some idea of how long it will take to purge a given volume chamber, probably using cylinders of compressed nitrogen or argon. This is important as a lengthy purge process might delay things, and a vacuum method might be better.
Also, is there a particularly good way designing such a system? Free flowing? Closed loop? Pressurized?
The atmosphere need not be perfect. We are merely trying to reduce the effects of an oxidation reaction that happens to occur in our experiment.
Any advice or resources would be appreciated.





RE: Design of "dry box"
Be careful with this stuff. "Inert" does not mean "not dangerous". It's easy to fill a room with nitrogen or argon and just go to sleep and never wake up.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Design of "dry box"