Custom labware often fills a specific need when standard, off-the-shelf glassware is unavailable or unsuitable. Such was the case with this recent custom glass reactor, a design from borosilicate glass by Precision Glassblowing in Colorado. Unable to make accommodations with standard reactors, the frustrated lab was referred to PGB recently. In the end, it was the perfect solution.
“They had a different reactor that didn’t have the qualities they were looking for,” says Precision Glassblowing CEO Ron Bihler, “so we worked with them to design and replace it with one that better suits their needs.”
That is the beauty of all forms of custom glass because the materials themselves are at once malleable, resistant, recycleable, transparent, and made of materials we have in abundance in nature; therefore, sustainable. Glass materials are generally available in plentitude and will take the form of whatever engineering and the glassblower requires. In addition, glass is an amorphous solid, meaning it has a molecular structure between a solid and a liquid. Finally, glass is one of the oldest and most versatile materials created by humans.
What is the purpose of a custom labware glass reactor?
Wherever you find applications process development, pharmaceutical research, chemical production, and material science, you will find glass reactors hard at work. In fact, they are important tools in industries that require chemical synthesis, crystallization, and distillation.
Chemical Applications
– Synthesis: Making chemicals for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries
– Polymerization: Making resins, adhesives, and plastics
– Reaction kinetics: Studying reaction rates
– Multi-step reactions: Performing multiple steps in a process
Pharmaceutical Applications
– Research and development: Developing new drugs and other pharmaceutical products
– Production: Manufacturing pharmaceutical products
Other Applications
– Crystallization: Growing chemical compounds into crystals
– Extraction: Isolating natural products and purifying chemicals
– Distillation: Separating solvents and recovering chemicals
– Botanical extraction: Isolating plant materials
– Food and industrial processes: Used in a variety of food and industrial processes
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