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Safety Tour   Ask if you haven't done something before. Goggles, contact lenses Emergency exit, eye wash, shower (note: no drain) Fire extinguishers, regular and metal fires Nothing down the drain besides water, neutralized aqueous acids and bases, and common inorganic salts Don't leave glassware in sink; dirty glassware bin Clean up procedure: simple washing, base bath Vacuum turn on and off Traps Hoods - If they aren't running, do not work in the lab keep stuff off edges hood sashes - keep down when not in use clean and neat gas lines water flow and aspirator: watch out for floods wire down hoses alarm and flow rate running reaction sign Waste bottles - full name of chemical, no abbreviations keep halogenated separate from organic Solvents: work with in fume hood unless water, ethanol, isopropanol Chemicals: label your beakers, round bottoms, vials, etc Needles Broken glass and sharps Heating: oil bath is preferred method Roto-vap etiquette Gloves: if you put a glove on, the glove is to be considered contaminated Chemical storage - inventory system, screw on caps tightly Chemical carriers N2 gas tanks, liquid N2, liq N2 refill Safety first: If you can't do it safely, you don't do it at all. Ask if you haven't done something before.