We’ve had issues with the adsorbent material inside a dewar peeling out as small particles but they were white in color. Not sure it’s the same.
If the dewar is defective the stuff will ultimately find its way to and gum up the goniohead motors, so it’s important to address this. Thierry From: CCP4 bulletin board <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> On Behalf Of Jurgen Bosch Sent: Friday, December 4, 2020 11:18 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Tiny rocks on my CX100 shipping dewar EXTERNAL EMAIL – Use caution with any links or file attachments. That looks like gravel from the driveway where the dewar was tossed around Jürgen On Dec 4, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Tanner, John J. <tanne...@missouri.edu<mailto:tanne...@missouri.edu>> wrote: When we opened our CX100 shipping dewar returned from APS via FedEx this week, we observed what appears to be tiny rocks on the rim below the foam neck core: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ky09a1vbm9t0mrl/CX100withrocks.png?dl=0 Has anyone seen this before? Is this perhaps the absorbent material from the inside of the dewar? Thanks, Jack John J. Tanner Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry Associate Chair of Biochemistry Department of Biochemistry University of Missouri 117 Schweitzer Hall 503 S College Avenue Columbia, MO 65211 Phone: 573-884-1280 Email: tanne...@missouri.edu<mailto:tanne...@missouri.edu> https://cafnrfaculty.missouri.edu/tannerlab/ Lab: Schlundt Annex rooms 3,6,9, 203B, 203C Office: Schlundt Annex 203A ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains information of Merck & Co., Inc. (2000 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA 07033), and/or its affiliates Direct contact information for affiliates is available at http://www.merck.com/contact/contacts.html) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named on this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete it from your system. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/