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Humidity Chamber

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:01 pm
by ekuadam
Good Afternoon,

Other than CARON humidity chamber, what other humidity chambers do you all use in your labs/have used in your labs? Preferences on one brand vs another?

Re: Humidity Chamber

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 2:31 pm
by NRivera
I think Caron is probably the best value out there right now. Anywhere I've been it's always a matter of what can you afford once you consider not just the chamber, but the water supply and filtration resources that you may or may not have.

Re: Humidity Chamber

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:49 pm
by ekuadam
Thanks. We currently have a caron water recirculator (not sure of spelling) from our old chamber. The equipment we inherited broke a couple years ago and couldn't be fixed because what was bought, was a prototype that ended up not being put into circulation, thus no parts to have to fix it. We have been using the trusty "forensic iron" since then for ninhydrin. Hoping we have money in the budge to get a humidity chamber though.

Re: Humidity Chamber

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:00 am
by josher89
ekuadam wrote: Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:49 pm We have been using the trusty "forensic iron" since then for ninhydrin.
We are using the steam iron technique as well.

I can't remember where I read or head this (maybe Brian Dalrymple?), but apparently a t-shirt press works amazing with flat paper items. We haven't tried it yet but it makes sense.