Are there any safety consideration in using vacuum filtration (side-arm vacuum filtration Erlenmeyer flask with adaptor and Buchner funnel using the building vacuum line) without a trap? Or is the trap's only purpose to collect back-flow from a water aspirator?
Thank you!
Kathy Wall Chemistry Lab Coordinator Office SCI 204 Waubonsee Community College Rt 47 at Waubonsee Dr. Sugar Grove, IL 60554 (630) 466-7900 ext 2347 email kwall**At_Symbol_Here**waubonsee.edu
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