1. HELPING CHEMISTS FIND JOBS IN A TOUGH MARKET. 2. TOWARDS A QUANTITATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE QUALITY OF THE CHEMISTRY JOB MARKET.
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Sad coincidence with the latest Harran drama: tert-Butylithium may have been involved, according to several Chinese news agencies :-(
ReplyDeleteBack in grad school, I always relied on the buddy system any time I had to use t-BuLi, diazomethane, ozone, or other highly reactive chemicals. No perceived inconvenience/hassle should override safety.
the university said the explosion resulted from an experiment testing a hydrogenation catalyst. (I wonder if it was a high-pressure autoclave, on the picture the lab interior is demolished by force as if from a mid-sized blast, the fire that charred the interior could have been from solvent bottles shattered in the blast)
Delete@milkshake - Where did you get this info?
DeleteCan't speak for milkshake, but some of these details are over at the Chemistry Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/chemistry/comments/3xcn4l/wow_fireexplosion_leads_to_postdoc_death_at/cy4yoal
DeleteThanks, CJ
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