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Re:Shaped Charges – Sheet of copper going through 1ft of sol... by mensetmanusman on Sunday May 15, 2022 @07:34AM (#31386912)
I don’t know. I’m a trained chemist and after enough years, you have that one day where you might’ve went to sleep too late and where you use the wrong type of glass, and a boiling vat of sulfuric acid etc. fails quickly and melts a bunch of stuff.

Sometimes I’m glad I’m in this field though, because I hear about the researchers working on prions that have started dying off, and I know it’s one of those one and 100,000 events that you inevitably experience.

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Re:Shaped Charges – Sheet of copper going through 1ft of sol... by giantg2 on Sunday May 15, 2022 @08:51PM (#31392697)
What's this about the prion researchers? I only know about the one lady (from France?) who caught it after puncturing her glove. If I remember correctly she didn't follow the proper protocols afterwards (although it's debatable if they would have made a difference).
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