SCAT waste caps overview

Laboratory safety – Eluent and waste solutions

27.07.2022

How is the safety in your laboratory? Are you protected from health hazards when walking around the lab? Vapors from solvents are toxic and flammable. Therefore, it is important to seal bottles and containers with hazardous contents.

Remember that plastic containers have an expiration date! The quality of many plastic materials can change due to environmental conditions and reduce your safety. ADR (European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road) requires that the container be within 5 years of the manufacturing date to be legally used for transporting hazardous goods.

Proper storage of eluents and waste containers ensures a good working environment in the laboratory.

WITH SAFETY CAPS FOR ELUENT AND WASTE CONTAINERS, YOU ENSURE:

  • No evaporation of hazardous solvents into the room.
  • No contamination of solvents with airborne particles and no air intake (HPLC).
  • Cost efficiency – by avoiding uncontrolled evaporation, expensive solvents are saved.
  • No incorrect retention times for eluted components caused by evaporation.
  • Eluent bottles are also available with safety coating, so the glass does not shatter when dropped but only splinters inside the coating, thereby avoiding sharp glass shards and toxic solvents on the floor.

Keep filling levels in opaque containers safe and easy to monitor with safety funnels or electronically controlled liquid level monitoring. Safety funnels have a liquid level indicator, so it is clearly visible when the container is full. The electronic liquid level monitoring system alerts you automatically when the container needs replacement.

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