How to get ride of the static in a glovebox?

03 March 2015 1 561 Report

My chemical glovebox has a lot of static electricity (dry N2 gas). I'll buy one of those anti static guns but so far it is difficult to weigh powder in the box due to the static... Any idea how I could get ride of the static in a dry/air free environment ?

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Thierry Ollevier

We use polonium bars to put near the balance inside the glovebox. It fixed the problem.

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