Fume hood

Template:Infobox laboratory equipment A fume hood or fume cupboard is a large piece of scientific equipment common to chemistry laboratories. Fume hoods stop a person coming into contact with hazardous fumes. They contain an air pump that sucks fumes away from the person using them.

Fume hoods have a large glass window that is opened when a scientist needs to get inside. The window protects the scientist from splashes of chemicals or explosions that could harm them. Most chemical reactions are done inside a fume hood.

Fume Hood Media

• Fume hood - dry ice fog

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  ProRes Standard Glove box with Inert gas purification system

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  TION Fume Cupboard

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  A conventional constant-air-volume fume hood

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  A bypass fume hood. The grille for the bypass chamber is visible at the top.

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  A variable airflow (constant-velocity) fume hood, with a visible flow sensor

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  Improper monitoring of fume hood velocity may create a wake that can expose workers to hazardous materials from inside the fume hood.

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  Wooden fume hood at Gdansk University of Technology (2016 picture of 1904 installation still in use)

Other websites

• University of Louisville's Chemical Hood User's Guide
• Information from the University of Bath in the UK Archived 2005-12-10 at the Wayback Machine