Lab Safety

Check out the piece in this week's Chemical and Engineering News about a lab explosion at Texas Tech.

 

He believed that the compound was safe when “wet,” so he added some hexane and—wearing safety goggles but working at a bench in the middle of the lab, with no blast shield —“very gently, very, very gently” used a pestle to try to break up the chunks.

 

If you think that sounds like the chemistry equivalent of Jaws theme music right before the shark eats someone, you'd be correct.