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We use a similar method to Steve's - it works fine for 3-4 reuses.
Ian
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Dr Ian Cartwright
Head, School of Geosciences
Groundwater and Stable Isotopes
Monash University
Clayton Vic 3800, Australia
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----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Nelson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:29 am
Subject: Re: [ISOGEOCHEM] reusing H/Device reactors
> We carefully cut them in half with a slowly rotating diamond saw,
> remove the spent Cr, clean them, and take them to a glassblower for
> repair. If you do several at a time, the cost for repair should be
> low. The repair is quite simple--the glass blower simply has to
> chuck them up in the lathe and re-join the two halves.
>
> They end up slightly shorter, but the high-temperature septa will
> still seal them. You can re-use a reactor 1-2 times this way, for a
> total life of 2000-3000 injections per reactor.
>
> >Don't know if anyone else has found another way to clean out the
> Finnigan H-
> >Device reactors yet. Although not very elegant, the following
> physical>procedure works.
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