tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471283390110412729.post6223351996804321540..comments2024-03-10T04:28:24.753-04:00Comments on A Chemical Sabbatical: H2S ------ Sorry, Couldn't Think of Anything SnazzierChemist Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738272332470397248noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471283390110412729.post-46341678347774293572008-04-03T23:35:00.000-04:002008-04-03T23:35:00.000-04:00Yes, they actually poured bicarb on him, despite o...Yes, they actually poured bicarb on him, despite our assurances that it wasn't necessary. That was a running joke in our lab for weeks.Chemist Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738272332470397248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471283390110412729.post-34609641028383499912008-04-03T23:24:00.000-04:002008-04-03T23:24:00.000-04:00Now that was a cool story about H2S, your friend i...Now that was a cool story about H2S, your friend is lucky. I attended a conference in Alberta, Canada a few years back where one of the activities was going to a plant where they stripped sulphur from the sour gas common in the area. It was pretty amazing and a great demonstration of the Claus and Ostwald processes. One issue though was that they had had several deaths caused by H2S poisoning due to beards. It seems that when H2S leaks occured everyone put on full face masks but men with beards could not get a leak tight seal to the skin and the H2S would reach toxic levels even with the mask on. That meant the plants all had a no beards policy which resulted in me having to shave off my full Mountain Man beard in the middle of summer. I had a very peculiar tan line for a few days.Liberal Arts Chemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596792160119000781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7471283390110412729.post-7776927226975107592008-04-03T23:16:00.000-04:002008-04-03T23:16:00.000-04:00Seriously? They actually poured bicarb on him?!Seriously? They actually poured bicarb on him?!Ψ*Ψhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089754859676425655noreply@blogger.com