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With our LIS scope incubator, the humidified air is only pumped into the
small cover on the stage, not the entire heated box. Also, when the
sample is removed, if the humidified air is left to flow (eg if we want
to maintain the environment between runs) we put a dummy plate in place
of the sample so that the objective will not have humidified air with 5%
CO2 streaming onto them.
--aryeh
On 12/20/10 5:24 AM, Dan Focht wrote:
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> Question;
>
> I did not know about the spec for <65% humidity but it raises a question
> in my mind.
> If that is the case, how do you justify pumping warm humidified air into
> a boxed microscope?
> In order to prevent surface evaporation, thus osmolarity change, the
> humidity in the box would have to be at or nearly 100%!
> Am I missing something here? Nothing implied, just asking!
>
> Dan
>
>
> On Dec 19, 2010, at 7:34 PM, Eric Marino wrote:
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>> We keep our rooms at 30%
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>> On Dec 14, 2010, at 6:33 AM, Andreas Bruckbauer wrote:
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>>> Hi,
>>> what would be the best value for the humidity of a microscope room? One
>>> manufacturer recommended as low as possible, but we had some bad
>>> experiences
>>> with electrostatic charges building up when humidity is low. Zeiss has a
>>> requirement in their specs which is < 65% relative humidity, the comfort
>>> zone for homes should be 30-60%, any ideas?
>>>
>>> best wishes
>>>
>>> Andreas
>>>
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