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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Ariel,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">I might have been the person who posted the same issue. We had something similar a few years ago. Gatan and TGS Technologies (Tom Schmelzer, <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__tgstechnologies.net_&d=DwQGaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=L7-zyQ-04fFCMRqzLIOnx7H0exGZHwIQe_wMPuY600I&m=sLGxKFjolWJPs7M6xEt6pvr2bQ6iA9ELPruigw6QH-I&s=xxbhSqA8HzpY-iKoSyWWrD5u3bzRDbi_BBu2rHjrIBw&e=">http://tgstechnologies.net/</a>) are the two places I have
sent those holders for repair.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">David<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">3dem <3dem-bounces@ncmir.ucsd.edu> on behalf of Ariel Talavera <ariel.talavera@ulb.be><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 8:21 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"3dem@ncmir.ucsd.edu" <3dem@ncmir.ucsd.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[3dem] rusted cryo holder 626<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After an overnight bake out of the Gatan cryo holder 626 in a Gatan
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<p class="MsoNormal">pumping station, the tip of the holder got completely rusted (attached
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<p class="MsoNormal">photo). I read a mail (of about 5 years ago) in this mailing list
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<p class="MsoNormal">talking about the same issue but I could not find a solution for it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would appreciate a lot if anyone has any suggestion, or procedure, to
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<p class="MsoNormal">clean (if possible) the holder and remove all this rust. Should I send
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<p class="MsoNormal">it to Gatan for them to clean it? Do you know if there is any other
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<p class="MsoNormal">company giving this kind maintenance service for the cryo holders?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks a lot advance for help<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ariel--<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ariel TALAVERA PEREZ, PhD<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Center for Microscopy and Molecular Imaging (CMMI)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Laboratory of Microscopy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Université Libre de Bruxelles<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rue Adrienne Bolland, 8<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">B-6041 Gosselies, Belgium<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Phone +32 (0)26509866<o:p></o:p></p>
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