Word: kochis
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Dates: during 1954-1954
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...Kochi, laboratory director for Chem 20, said yesterday that regular eyeglasses or goggles have always been required in the course, but that the rule had often been neglected. Since last week, however, section men are refusing lab admissions to students without eye protection...
...experiment on which Maidanick was working when the Mallinckrodt explosion occurred was the preparation of a sulfoxide--a special project not previously performed in the course, According to Kochi it was considered "quite an ordinary preparation," however, and had never been reported as dangerous...
...Kochi was working in his office adjoining the lab when the accident occurred. His first reaction when he heard the noise, he says, was simply to run out and see what caused it. The blast completely demolished the beaker with which Maidanick was working and slightly injured the two other students who were standing nearby, but it caused no damage to the lab itself...
...Such an accident is "one of the hazards of chemistry," Kochi said. The explosion involved no violation of the rules on the part of the injured students, he added...