TEST TUBES [BOILING TUBES]: Variety

TEST TUBES [BOILING TUBES]: Variety

•  A variety of heat resistant borosilicate Boiling & Test Tubes.
•  Available with or without rimmed edge. (Technicians will often request rimless types. These have proven less inclined to break when bundled and dishwasher cleaned).
•  The inner & outer Ø size is listed for easy rubber stopper ordering.
•  Sold singly or in listed pack size.
•  Test tubes: Inside Ø 7mm to Outside Ø 16mm (i.d / o.d)
•  Boiling tubes Inside Ø 22mm to Outside Ø 25mm (i.d / o.d)

*  Bomex lab-glass types undergo an additional hardening process.
**  Schott test types are recommended if solids are subjected to extreme heat..
***  View ‘U’ Shaped types (with or without  sidearm) known as ABSORPTION TUBE
****  View Test/Boiling Tube HOLDERS, RACKS, or BRUSHES.

(Wikipedia excerpt: .."...A test tube, also known as a culture tube or sample tube, is a common piece of laboratory glassware consisting of a finger-like length of glass or clear plastic tubing, open at the top and closed at the bottom.

Test tubes are usually placed in special-purpose racks. Types and usage Louis Lumière with a microscope and some test tubes
Chemistry Test tubes intended for general chemical work are usually made of glass, for its relative resistance to heat. Tubes made from expansion-resistant glasses, mostly borosilicate glass or fused quartz, can withstand high temperatures up to several hundred degrees Celsius. Chemistry tubes are available in a multitude of lengths and widths, typically from 10 to 20 mm wide and 50 to 200 mm long.[1] The top often features a flared lip to aid pouring out the contents.....")

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