A well-designed chemical fume hood, when properly installed and maintained, offers a substantial degree of protection to the user, provided that it is used correctly and its limitations are understood ...

Semiconductor fabrication is complicated requiring nasty chemicals for everything from dopants to etchants. Working with such chemicals at home is dangerous and after releasing hydrochloride acid ...

A fume hood is one of the leading safety devices used to protect individuals from exposure to chemicals. This ventilated enclosure is connected to an exhaust fan, which draws air from the room, ...

There are plenty of chemical processes that happen commonly around the house that, if we’re really following safety protocols to the letter, should be done in a fume hood. Most of us will have had ...

In a paper recently published in the journal Japan Architectural Review, researchers used computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to evaluate a fume hood’s capture performance and the factors influencing ...

HEMCO has launched their new UniFlow HDPE Acid Digestion Fume Hood. According to the company, the fume hood has been engineered specifically for corrosive operations involving procedures for element ...

VAV laboratory fume hoods have dominated the laboratory design world for the last 25 years. Conventional wisdom suggests that the specification of the design exhaust flow rate for them is an ...

Open fume hoods in labs across campus account for thousands of dollars in wasted energy each year. Luci Keazer, senior lab engineer in Physical Facilities, is working to save those dollars, one fume ...

When you’re a student working with toxic chemicals, jarring alarms are not exactly a desired part of your process. Likewise, when you’re a facilities director, an annual expense of $30,000 to run a ...

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According to the company, the UniFlow Auxiliary Air Fume Hood will cut costs when there is a shortage of air in the lab, compared to changing or enlarging a building’s air handling system. The sash ...

Jenn Lowell spent her time at the University of Colorado building robots and other toys before earning her graduate degree in mechatronics and mechanical engineering. She is a self-proclaimed lover of ...