Laboratory, layout

The laboratory layout is sketched in Fig. 15.4 The power supply is a 3-phase silicon controlled rectifier, SCR, controlled supply capable of delivering 200 A at 50 V. 

Figure 15. Sketch of the laboratory layout (Reprinted from G. L. Bauer and W. V. Childs, J. Electrochem. Soc. 142, 2286-2290, 1994. Reproduced with permission of The Electrochemical Society, Inc.)...

At this point of the planning, we are mainly concerned with quantitative estimates of such utilities and the ease, or lack thereof, with which they can be brought to the laboratory area. These considerations have a profound effect on laboratory layout. In laboratories that have been in operation for some time, a lack of needed utilities is a major problem, particularly when new procedures are introduced. Estimates should be made by the laboratory operator in close cooperation with building professionals and should take future needs into consideration. 

The laboratory layout consists of a molecular beam apparatus and a laser system. NaK clusters are created in an adiabatic coexpansion of mixed alkali vapour and argon carrier gas through a nozzle of 70 pm diameter into the vacuum. Directly after the nozzle the cluster beam passes a skimmer. Next, the laser beam coming from perpendicular direction irradiates the dimers and eventually excites and ionizes them. The emerging ions are extracted by ion optics, mass selected by QMS and recorded by a computer. 

Laboratory controls—laboratory layout, staffing, instruments, procedures for handing out specification results, electronic records compliance, installation and operational qualification records (EQ, etc.)... 

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY LAYOUT Intron Exon Intron... 

Earl Wall Basic Program of Space Requirements, Dept, of Chemistry, VPl SU, Laboratory Layout Stupes, Blacksburg VA, 1980. 

Until recently, the hybridization probe has always required radioisotopic labeling (normally with P), particularly if the genome under study was derived from a eukaryote. This placed artificial limits on the number of probes that could be manipulated by any laboratory within a set time period, and had a major impact on staff training, laboratory layout, laboratory access, and management. The recently developed nonradioactive systems (e.g., digoxigenin-labeled probe... 

Location of the hood is also important from a safety viewpoint. Since fume hoods are utilized for some potentially hazardous operations, they should be located near the back of the laboratory and away from exits. Should a fire or explosion occur in the hood, the laboratory layout should never require personnel to pass in front of it to reach an exit. 

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