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KKemp  
#1 Posted : 15 June 2010 12:36:31(UTC)
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KKemp

Hello, We currently store a lot of our hazardous chemicals outside in container, on their msds they say to store between 5 - 20*c. Obviously depending on the summer and the winter that we have this may be difficult to control. Summer the chemicals may exceed and in the winder they could freeze. What does everyone else do, has anyone else found a solution to this? Your help/feedback would be very much appreciated. Thanks Katie
ITER  
#2 Posted : 15 June 2010 12:50:57(UTC)
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ITER

Without knowing more/what about your chemicals are - I would investigate if the chemicals do need storing within that temperature range for genuine safety reasons or is it a case of the chemicals might start to breakdown (but not in an unsafe way) such that they become unusable Take a simple example - if you want ice, you need to keep your water below 0*C - above that, it isn't ice and so can't be used as you might want to e.g. to keep your beer cool on a hot day
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