Re: Collodion: What is it good for?

["Michael P. Grissom" <mikeg@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>]

Although it had other uses as Dale pointed out, I believe
this material was used for decontamination purposes (I
believe Eugene Saenger's book on Radiation Medicine may
mention it--alas, I no longer have a copy!).

At 09:50 AM 10/26/95 -0500, you wrote:
>Date: Thu, 26 Oct 95 09:03:02 -0500
>I remember from my days in Nuclear Medicine that we stocked 
>collodion for >removing spills from surfaces where wiping 
>wouldn't do.  The collodion would be poured or brushed on, 
>allowed to dry, then peeled off.
>John C. White RSO
>The University of Texas at Austin
>OHJCW@UTXDP.DP.UTEXAS.EDU
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