[meteorite-list] Humidity control/temp

From: webbth_at_appstate.edu <webbth_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:19 2004
Message-ID: <Pine.PMDF.4.21L.0208212316180.764518869-100000_at_appstate.edu>

Hi Ray,
Check with Rob Elliott of FERNLEA Meteorites, www.meteorites.uk.com, for
the best way to do this.
My best,
Thomas H. Webb

On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 impactearth_at_space.com wrote:

> Hello everyone. I have been thinking about turning a
> small, walk-in closet, into a place to keep my
> meteorites. It would work good, because there is
> pleanty of room to walk in, shelves to keep specimens
> on, etc. I have a few rather large iron meteorites
> that I would like to keep from rusting, along with
> smaller specimens. What would be the best way to lower
> the humidity and keep it low in this area? Of course,
> I would like to do it the cheapest way possible. The
> only thing I could think of would be putting some large
> desiccant packets in there. Also, there is no AC duct,
> would temperature be a factor since the closet has an
> outside wall? Thanks for any information.
>
> Ray
>
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Received on Wed 21 Aug 2002 11:19:34 PM PDT