Any significant chemical or industrial lab will inevitably be stocked with significant quantities of caustic and dangerous substances. Powerful acids, flammable liquids and gases, and other dangerously reactive substances are par for the course anywhere where there is regular scientific work being done.
Needless to say, safety is always of the essence in such places, and every precaution should be taken to keep all laboratory personnel out of harm’s way. Proper storage of all hazardous chemicals is, of course, an indispensable element of any lab’s safety protocol. But given the especially dangerous nature of many of the compounds that research scientists so often work with, they cannot be stored just anywhere. Laboratory storage cabinets should be sturdy, reliable, and resistant to damage from the particular suite of chemicals that will be kept in them. [Read More]