If a fungus spore was present on the inside, it would likely grow no matter what - at least some of them needs nothing except something to live from but does not need oxygen. I at one time saw a can be opened, the sealed glass bottle inside being opened, and the content which was one of the strongest cell toxins around, was overgrown by a fungus.I had a brand new Chinese waterproof binocular with extensive fungus in one tube.
Straight out of the box.
Regards,
B.
What on earth was the occasion? A Porton Down festival?If a fungus spore was present on the inside, it would likely grow no matter what - at least some of them needs nothing except something to live from but does not need oxygen. I at one time saw a can be opened, the sealed glass bottle inside being opened, and the content which was one of the strongest cell toxins around, was overgrown by a fungus.
Niels
Using Argon looks actually more like a marketing gag than like a good technical idea (see Holger Merlitz, Binocular Handbook, p. 95 ss).read somewhere that someone was using argon
It is Bresser and Vortex who brag about argon fillings.Using Argon looks actually more like a marketing gag than like a good technical idea (see Holger Merlitz, Binocular Handbook, p. 95 ss).
I was a student in a lab where this toxin was used for certain experiments.What on earth was the occasion? A Porton Down festival?
Rather like putting nitrogen in your tires/tyres.Using Argon looks actually more like a marketing gag than like a good technical idea (see Holger Merlitz, Binocular Handbook, p. 95 ss).
240429Reports of nitrogen filling/sealing failing certainly seem scarce here.