Tacho
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Versatile miniscale glassware.
I have tried lots of glassware.
To me, the most versatile piece of glassware is the 50 ml pirex conical centrifugue tube.
You can perform microscale in the tip or fill it up to 50ml. A 25ml load can be brought to reflux with no problem. It is very easy to clean and it is
wide enough to insert all sort of things, including your fingers.
I have developed many acessories to my 50 ml centrifugue tubes: Teflon stoppers with o’rings, special heating unit, condensers and refluxing setups,
supports and so on. I ended up with a complete glassware set.
A special feature is the epoxi collar with magnets, it allows me to put together a setup quickly as easily on a steel plate.
I’m attaching a picture, hope is inspiring.
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Magpie
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this is very clever
You have solved many problems here for those who like working at a mini-scale. Costs, space, reagents & waste minimization, glassware police, are
some that come immediately to mind.
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Tacho
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I`ll be bery glad to give further details to anyone interested. Questions and comments are very welcome, not only on this subject but on the other
equipments I described in this forum.
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Neat!
I particularly like the magnetic holders (I think you should have thought about patenting the idea; too late now).
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I am bumping this thread up because I was browsing old forums and ran across this.
I like to design and build things customized to my needs, and so, was thoroughly impressed with this whole kit.
I had also hit upon the centrifuge tube for mini/microchemistry, and have a set of 15 mL for radiochemistry, but this has inspired me to develop my
own chemistry equipment for this.
[Edited on 4-10-2014 by careysub]
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This is so cool, how expensive are those heaters?
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Wow, this is an excellent old thread. Too bad this user was last active three years ago.
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Texium
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Really cool idea! Thanks for bumping it!
It reminds me, I actually use plastic 50mL centrifuge tubes for storing small amounts of many chemicals. I keep them all in the styrofoam stand that
they came in, so it's like a "chemical spice rack" of sorts. To me, it seems like a great way to cheaply store a large variety of reagents in an
easily accessible and organized way.
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