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I have this line in the lab which was N2. They did some work and re-labeled it with "Oil Free Compressed Dry Air", but they didn't remove the Nitrogen label. Whan I asked WTF is this, they removed the CDA label and told me it's N2. I don't trust them and I want to check, without climbing in the ceiling to check where the line is really connected. Even then I can't be 100% sure.
if this were another place I would burn a candle and see if it burns, it should NOT if this is indeed N2. I cannot burn a candle here, I would set up fire alarms. I could force one of my less friendly co-workers breathe this stuff and see if they pass out. But I am looking into some non arson, non violent methods.
any ideas?
Thanks
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Does it smell all nitrogeny?
Sorry.
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A CANDLE would set off the fire alarms? Those are some serious fire alarms!
Even a little tiny birthday cake candle?
The only other thing i can think of is if the coefficient of thermal expansion is significanly different, fill a balloon, and put it in the freezer for a while and measure it... But i don't know if if the difference between N2 and air would be measurable in any reasonable manner.
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Politely ask the facility manager to correct the problem. Recommend that he fill a large plastic bag with the gas, then stick his head in there and see if he can breathe. If he is not willing to do that, ask him to re-inspect and certify.. IN WRITING... what the gas is.
Ain't your responsibility (probably). You found a defect, make the idiots fix it.
One of the project test requirements for the water processing system in the international space station was that the Project Manager had to drink a liter of the end product.. which was reprocessed urine. I always thought that was a damn clever requirement. Someone in NASA had a hell of a sense of humor.
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As your Dr and 6'13" Samoan Attorney I advise you to have it replaced with Nitrous Oxide/N2O Then you will know the difference *(:>*
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"""I am gonna run along hose outside the facility and do experiments outside """
Yikersss ~!~!~!~ High PSI colonic irrigation... you are a very sic man *(:>*
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space-time wrote:
I could force one of my less friendly co-workers breathe this stuff and see if they pass out. But I am looking into some non arson, non violent methods.
any ideas?
Thanks
Spoilsport. I was going to suggest, "Breathe it and see if you turn blue."
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why run a hose outside ?
This lab doesn't have a test tube you could invert fill with the "gas" and walk outside with a shove a match into to see if lack of O puts ithe flame out ?
Not the greatest of tests.
If it's regular compressed air it's not like you've got something explosive in the tube, it's air.
Got a canary ?
