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Date: Friday, January 23, 2015 5:54:28 AM
Author: "Secretary, ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety" <secretary**At_Symbol_Here**DCHAS.ORG> 		Next by Date:
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Ethanol storage in: minus 80 freezer
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:32:12 -0500
Author: Melissa Charlton-Smith

From: Wayne Wood <wayne.wood**At_Symbol_Here**MCGILL.CA>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Ethanol storage in: minus 80 freezer
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:32:13 +0000
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What happens if there is a power failure? Unless the freezer is intrinsically safe it could very well go KABOOM if it loses temperature and the compressor kicks back in.

W.

Wayne Wood | Associate Director, University Safety (EHS), University Services - Directeur Adjoint, Direction de la pre´vention (SSE), Services universitaires | McGill University | 3610 rue McTavish Street, 4th floor | Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1Y2 | Tel: (514) 398-2391

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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Ethanol storage in: minus 80 freezer

A colleague asked me to pass this question along to the list: Is it ok to storage ethanol in a -80 freezer? Details below...

- Ralph

Subject: RE: minus 80 storage

Tissue is stored in 95% Ethanol. Even at 95% a freezer -20 or -80 is well below the flashpoint (60F). Not sure if that matters or not. I am worried about OSHA and NFPA. I think OSHA 1910 has something to say about flammables in freezers.

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