On 24 Jul 2012 at 21:29, jim s wrote:
He was sitting at his desk with a voom and no way he
could find any
conductivity in the bags. No good. Never mind they only needed to be
there for shipping, he never inventoried them at his end. Never mind
this was irrelevant.
Never mind that the mylar bags we used had no conductivity except in
the megohms either.
Clearly, the only safe anti-static bag (taking a cue from an earlier
post) is one filled with water.
So why aren't aluminized foil bags used more? I have a few--
basically a sandwich made of foil sandwiched between an outer
envelope of PE sheet and an inner linner of bubble material. Totally
opaque.
Heck, I've seen wine and snack foods packaged in something quite
similar.
--Chuck