New experiences
So with experience and in every field there is a first!
I had a 2000 ml beaker sitting in a pyroceram dish cooling last night. Always always always make sure when you have gold in a solution form to keep it over a catch vessels at all times. My situation could have been a lot worse. A little blood i can handle, but a couple of thousand dollars hitting the floor is a different story. It's a dam shame i have to pick money over life and limb. :mrgreen:
The beaker had been cooling from a boil for about 30 mins i guess. With a 2000 ml beaker i flat palm the top of the beaker a lot of times to pick it up and then slide my hand under the bottom for support after the initial lift off. The other proper way to do this is to place both hands on the sides and lift with even pressure. Procedure, procedures, procedures, i preach this constantly! It's the small things that bite you in the arse! The rim broke and being the rim and the shape of the glass it formed a nice little icicle shaped shard that went all the way to the bone on my thumb. It was more of a slim stab than a wide slash. Left about an inch hanging out so i proceeded to pull it out the way it went in. It wasn't jagged edged it was smooth as......... Well, glass i guess you would say.
Wrapped it up with a paper towel and some packing tape. The show must go on!
Experience!
So with experience and in every field there is a first!
I had a 2000 ml beaker sitting in a pyroceram dish cooling last night. Always always always make sure when you have gold in a solution form to keep it over a catch vessels at all times. My situation could have been a lot worse. A little blood i can handle, but a couple of thousand dollars hitting the floor is a different story. It's a dam shame i have to pick money over life and limb. :mrgreen:
The beaker had been cooling from a boil for about 30 mins i guess. With a 2000 ml beaker i flat palm the top of the beaker a lot of times to pick it up and then slide my hand under the bottom for support after the initial lift off. The other proper way to do this is to place both hands on the sides and lift with even pressure. Procedure, procedures, procedures, i preach this constantly! It's the small things that bite you in the arse! The rim broke and being the rim and the shape of the glass it formed a nice little icicle shaped shard that went all the way to the bone on my thumb. It was more of a slim stab than a wide slash. Left about an inch hanging out so i proceeded to pull it out the way it went in. It wasn't jagged edged it was smooth as......... Well, glass i guess you would say.
Wrapped it up with a paper towel and some packing tape. The show must go on!
Experience!