Thank you very much to many of you who responded to my inquiry about the
rubber boot (a reducer with 2" OD on one end and 3/4" OD on the other
end) for Varian VT setup. Special thanks go to Sara Kunz, Rich
Shoemaker, and John Davidson for their kindly offer of spare ones in
their lab. Some suggested to simply fix it by using RTV and tape, which
actually is what we did at first place; but we worried about this fix
would not sustain the pressure buildup and would cause more problems.
None of you mentioned any sources other than Varian that have similar
parts available.
Have a nice July 4th!
Shaw Huang
On 6/18/2008 4:03 PM, Shaw Huang wrote:
> To those with Varian spectrometers:
>
> The rubber (vinyl?) boot used to connect the outlet of the VT bucket
> to the probe tends to be ruptured easily after long low-temperature
> experiments. Has anyone ever found replacement for this boot from some
> stores other than Varian's at reasonable cost (should be just a few
> dollars)? Varian's price is $60 each and has only one in stock at the
> moment.
>
> Anyone suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> Shaw Huang
Received on Thu Jul 03 2008 - 09:10:36 MST