SNlP Shonening of Laboratory Tubing For several years we have been investigating the Shrinking Non-normative Internal Process (SNIP) that appears to occur in almost all types of common laboratory tuhing. Our experimental work is still in progress, and this paper is a preliminary account of the work conducted in our laboratories to date. Results I A Ihna p w e OI lahorau,n. tubing. ar rrwivrd frum a suppher in R lrnrth oi2.%50 ft. is apparently unntahle with resprct p e we.Thr ~ ~ r d Iul~illgundergw~aShrlnkinp, Nun-Normst~vrInternal Pmce-s tuIen