In article , Don Foreman says...

I'm eagerly awaiting first photos. Charred spots on the bench count.

OK since you started....

Our group had gone down to the site cafeteria to have a 'nerd dinner'
back when they still served dinner there.

We got our food and were just sitting down, when my boss asked the
group post-doc if he had put the cuvettes up to cure under the
heat lamp. The answer was yes, so he next asked "did you find the
aluminum foil to put on the bench top?"

"What aluminum foil?"

There was a moment of stunned silence as the two of them stared
at each other. Then a looney-tunes fire drill where they both
jumped up and *alligat*alligat*alligat* finally gained enough
traction to take off to the other end of the building.

The bench top was two-inch thick laminated rock maple, and the
char mark extended completely through to the underside. I suspect
it was within minutes of actually igniting.

The postdoc had left the 250 watt heat lamp shining directly on
the sample cell on the benchtop.

I'm not sure how they disposed of the benchtop.

Jim


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