Policies and Forms
Sales
The following policies govern to whom and how the Stores make sales.
- Account Sales (require a BYU ID card)
- Faculty: may charge sales to their accounts. Click here to access a form to set up a faculty charge account.
- Authorized students: may charge sales to their professor's research account. Click here to access a form to authorize students to use a faculty charge account.
- Staff: may charge sales to their departmental account.
- Cash Sales
- General public: may make cash purchases with exceptions listed below.
- The Stores cannot sell to commercial or for-profit entities.
- Cash sales are cash, check, or signature card only.
- Cash may not be used to purchase the following items: chemicals (including liquid nitrogen and dry ice), glassware with ground glass joints, large glassware (one liter and above), needles, balances, hot plates, and stirrers.
- General public: may make cash purchases with exceptions listed below.
Safety
The following policies endeavor to ensure Stores customer and employee safety.
- Gloves
- If you wear chemical safety gloves to the Stores, you must remove them before entering the Stores, or the Stores cannot serve you. This is meant to prevent chemical contamination.
- Safety Carriers
- Any chemical that comes in a glass container must leave Stores premises in a safety carrier, a well-packed box, or on a sturdy cart. Bring a safety carrier when purchasing a chemical; otherwise, the Stores has safety carriers available for rent or sale.
Miscellaneous
- Carts
- Carts: the Stores have variously sized carts and gas carts available for short-term loans. The Stores will retain your BYU ID card until you return your rented card.
- Liquid Nitrogen Dispensing
- To dispense liquid nitrogen, the nitrogen transport line must be sufficiently cool for the nitrogen to flow as a liquid. Because chemical loss occurs during cooling, dispensing hours are from 8-10am and 3-5pm.
- The Stores will fill large liquid nitrogen dewars not during dispensing hours for a higher price.
- The Stores will fill small liquid nitrogen dewars (under 4L) at any time for dispensing-hour price from the Stores' portable 50L dewar.
- To dispense liquid nitrogen, the nitrogen transport line must be sufficiently cool for the nitrogen to flow as a liquid. Because chemical loss occurs during cooling, dispensing hours are from 8-10am and 3-5pm.
- Special Order Fees
- For supplies and chemicals not in Stores stock, the Stores will place a special order for a fee of $20/order.
- If the item is particularly low-cost, alternate arrangements may be made with the Stores manager.
- For specialty compressed gases not in Stores stock, the Stores will place a special order for a fee of $20/order or 20% gas cost (whichever sum is least).
- For supplies and chemicals not in Stores stock, the Stores will place a special order for a fee of $20/order.