Steve,

I'm not sure about how it holds up to LN2, or even the cost, but at Woods Hole Oceanographic,  we have runners of computer room (non-electrostatic) grade carpet in the work areas that really help with noise and leg/back fatigue. The service aisles behind the instruments where we roll LN2 tanks, change pump oil, etc are just linoleum. This seems to be a good compromise.

Cheers,
Carl Johnson



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Hi,

 

This may seem a trivial, non-isotope related problem, but I’d be grateful for any experience/suggestions.

 

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.

 

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?

 

Regards,

 

Steve Crowley

Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences
University of Liverpool
4 Brownlow Street
Liverpool
L69 3GP
UK

0151 794 5163/5164



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