Dear Nick,
We start have the same sort of problem here at MPL.
However, we have already a few solutions to put in practice.
1-The research complex at Harwell has a excellent floor on the Liquid Nitrogen Room. The name of the floor tiles are Matlocker and you can find it from this site
www.jaymart.co.uk/search.php
2-Imperial College has solved the problem by acquiring a similar type of floor : Medium Rib Matting thickness 5 from the following supplier:
Key Industrial Equipment Ltd
35 Black Moor Road Verwood Wimborne,
BH31 6AT United Kingdom
Fax: 0800 37303
In the case you are around Diamond you are welcome to have a look.
Regards,
Isabel
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Dr. Isabel De Moraes, MRSC
Membrane Protein Laboratory Facilities Co-ordinator/Group Leader
Membrane Protein Laboratory,
Diamond Light Source Ltd,
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus,
Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire,
OX11 ODE, UK
Tel: 01235 778664
email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.diamond.ac.uk/Science/MPL/default.htm
http://www.rc-harwell.ac.uk/
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-----Original Message-----
From: CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of Nicholas Keep
Sent: Wed 2/16/2011 12:20 PM
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Subject: [ccp4bb] Liquid nitrogen resistant flooring
Can anyone recommend a floor coating that passes category 2 containment (ie not wood) that is resistant to liquid
nitrogen. Ie you can fill dewars on without cracking. Various solutions our estates people have fitted have all proved
unsatisfactory.
Bets wishes
Nick
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Executive Dean of School of Science
Professor of Biomolecular Science
Crystallography, Institute for Structural and Molecular Biology,
Department of Biological Sciences
Birkbeck, University of London,
Malet Street,
Bloomsbury
LONDON
WC1E 7HX
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