Thursday, November 11, 2010

Order is essential in science....

This photo will only appeal to a few select people in the world.  Chemists who work with air sensitive compounds use a "glovebox" filled with nitrogen or another inert gas to keep their compounds from reacting (sometimes violently) with the oxygen we normally breath.  Needless to say order and neatness is essential when working in this environment.....
I am confident that the researcher in charge of this glovebox knew exactly where everything was located.  I do wonder about the Coke can in the middle of the top shelf.  How do you drink from it?

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