Safety in the Laboratory and General Information

Ionizing Radiation

Ionizing radiation sources can pose a considerable health risk to affected workers if not properly controlled. The two types of ionizing radiation are particulate (alpha, beta, neutrons) and electromagnetic (x-rays, gamma rays) radiation. Radiation exposures from radioactive sources should be maintained as low as reasonably achievable. The radiation-safety standards have to be considered. An effective dose of 1.5 mSv within a year to an individual is a suitable source constraint in most cases. Check the equivalent dose (unit Sievert, Sv) at the workstation using a radiation dosimeter. The maximum value of 1.5 µSv/h should not be exceeded.

General Information

If you spill any mercury, please report it immediately to the demonstrator or technician.
Solvents can be toxic and/or highly inflammable. Avoid breathing and heating them as far as possible.
Note all of the special instructions and comments to safety (Ionizing Radiation, Lasers, High voltages, Evacuated Tubes) provided at any workplaces!
Note, you are required to take reasonable care for your own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by what you do or do not do.
Make sure that the tools and equipments you use are in good condition, suitable for duty, and used correctly. Make sure that you pay due care and attention at all times to your working activities, your actions, and your movement. Keep your workplace clean and tidy.
You are not allowed to use another workplace than the one assigned to your experiment; in particular, it is not allowed to move equipment from other workplaces to your workplace for use in your experiment.
Pay attention to your clothes and property.
Please inform the demonstrator, if you want to leave the Introductory Physics Laboratory during the lecture. Otherwise you are not allowed to continue with the experiment.
The use of mobile phones in the laboratory is prohibited.

In the Introductory Physics Laboratory you will only use PC's to perform measurements and to evaluate measured data using ORIGIN or other Software. Other activities, e.g. disk, system and software manipulations, use of own storage media and internet surfing, are forbidden. If these rules are broken, the student might be excluded from the laboratory course.
If you detect any faults in the PC systems, please immediately inform the demonstrators!

Accidents: The accident report book is kept in Room 212 (demonstrator's room). Accidents must be recorded on file and if necessary investigated by the Departmental Safety Office or the University Safety Adviser.