Re: Collodion: What is it good for?

[chatho@lanl.gov (Charles Thomas)]

In addition to Dale's use it was used to put a ring around the outer edge of
a disk so that when a small amount of a liquid sample was placed on the disk
it did not run off the edge.  It was also used to cover beta and gamma
sources to stablilze the drop.




>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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>

Charles (Tommy) Thomas
The above are my own thoughts
and are, probably, not those of
LANL.  Chatho@lanl.gov