Stephen,

Here at IU we have relatively heavy duty, low pile carpet.  We are 
moving to a new building next year and that will be installed there 
also.  In addition to being LN2 resistant, it really helps in dampening 
noise.

Craig Moore

Crowley, Stephen wrote:
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> Hi,
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> This may seem a trivial, non-isotope related problem, but I’d be 
> grateful for any experience/suggestions.
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> I’m in the process of reconditioning our lab and I’d like to hear 
> about any possible solutions to the problem of finding an appropriate 
> floor covering that is easy to clean, elegant, cheap and unlikely to 
> deteriorate on repeated contact with liquid nitrogen.
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> At present we have linoleum-like (probably not lino, but something 
> similar) floor covering that doesn’t react well to contact with liquid 
> nitrogen. Despite frequent patching it doesn’t take long for the new 
> covering to start cracking after a few minor nitrogen spills. An 
> obvious solution would be to have a ceramic tiled floor covering 
> installed, but this is likely to be prohibitively expensive. Can 
> anyone suggest an alternative that could be used in a lab where minor 
> nitrogen spills are common?
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> Regards,
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> Steve Crowley
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> Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences
> University of Liverpool
> 4 Brownlow Street
> Liverpool
> L69 3GP
> UK
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> 0151 794 5163/5164
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>

-- 
Craig H. Moore, Ph.D.
Department of Geological Sciences
Indiana University
1001 East 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47405
812-856-1556