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In the Laboratory
Safety Tips
Design for a Miniature Portable Fume Hood
Ronald A. Bailey and Samuel C. Wait Jr.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Chemistry, Troy, NY 12180-3590

Cover
February 1999
Vol. 76 No. 2
p. 228

Abstract
This paper describes the design of a folding bench-top hood that is readily moved and can be stored in a standard laboratory cabinet. It is of a truncated triangular footprint with folding sides and top providing face openings of 16 x 18 or 24 x 18 inches with nonturbulent air flow exceeding 80 ft/min. In its folded form it takes up little space. Construction is of clear acrylic.
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*  Citation
Bailey, Ronald A.; Wait, Samuel C., Jr. J. Chem. Educ. 1999 76 228.
*  Keywords
Laboratory Instruction; Laboratory Equipment / Apparatus; Safety / Hazardous Materials
*  History
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Last Updated:
June 15, 1999
June 22, 2005
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