From: Andrew Gross
<gross.drew**At_Symbol_Here**gmail.com>
div>
Date: March 1, 2010 9:40:12 PM
EST
Subject: Re:
[DCHAS-L] 15 RE: [DCHAS-L] SS-phenol?
the
chloroform/phenol extraction is performed in a seperatory
funnel.
the sodium sulfite (or
possibly sulfate...same purpose) serves as a
medium to absorb small amounts of undesired water in
the final
chloroform phase. now who would have thought
working in an
environmental lab would have
ever been useful.
if its the same generic phenols that I work as a
control, general
precautions should be sufficient. gloves, goggles, fume
hood, lab
coat optional for exemplary
employees. ill see if
i can dig up the
bottle
and tell you more later.