<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Good morning,</div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I’m glad this topic has come up again! Our lab has been weighing the option of converting to a nitrogen generator for a few months now but haven’t come to a decision yet. </div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Deon, can you elaborate on why you are considering going to LN2 instead? Has upkeep on the generator become more expensive or is your total N2 need increasing?</div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Best,</div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rachel</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 26, 2022, at 10:50 AM, Collins, Deon <deonc69@illinois.edu> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal">We as well as MNMS have in house N2 generation. It has been an eventless move with little to no downtime. We are moving to LN2 in the near future with the cost increases we have recently incurred. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#002060;text-transform:uppercase">Deon D. Collins<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<i>FACILITY MANAGER</i><br>
</span><span style="color:#002060">Holonyak Lab</span><span style="color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><span style="color:#13294B">208 N Wright St Rm. 248 | 2250</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><span style="color:#13294B">Urbana, IL 61801</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><span style="color:#13294B">217-300-7531 | </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:deonc69@illinois.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">deonc69@illinois.edu</span></a><br>
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