[3dem] Cracked Vitrobot container

[Terje Dokland]

The black plastic container that holds the liquid nitrogen and the ethane cup in out Vitrobot Mark IV has cracked. The crack is very fine and is invisible when the container is warm but shows up when cooled down and causes the nitrogen to leak out through the bottom (where there is a larger crack, a hole even)! 

Is there a fix for this? Is there some kind of cold-resistant epoxy resin that can be used to seal it up, for example? Or do we really have to get a new container from FEI...? (I dread to ask for a quote, but I'm betting it's not cheap) 
Thanks,
terje


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Terje Dokland, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
845 19th St South, BBRB 311
Birmingham, AL 35294
Tel:	(205) 996 4502
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