UNC Chapel Hill

Isotope Geochemistry Lab

at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Archive for the ‘Filaments’ Category

Cleaning Filament Bricks

January 2nd, 2011

  • remove cover slits from filament bricks
  • remove filament bricks from inactive turret
  • wipe gunk off with aluminum oxide powder, water and q-tip
  • wipe gunk off with a Kimwipe (q-tip) soaked in ethanol
  • rinse with H2O(mQ) 3 times
  • add 10% HNO3(cleaning grade) to glass beaker
  • place on hotplate and bring to a boil
  • discard HNO3 into glass bottle labeled “discard” or “dirty”
  • rinse with H2O(mQ) 3 times
  • discard H2O
  • quickly move to drying oven overnight
  • replace filament bricks onto turret