labware
Jointed glassware and clamp safety
How to set a standard-taper joint with a PTFE sleeve or grease, a clip and a support, and when a damaged joint leaves service.
8 October 2026 · 8 min read
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Laboratory labware
Glass and plastic labware selection by chemical compatibility, accuracy class and the task on the bench.
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labware
Labelling plastic that will go into a freezer
Which cryo labels and solvent-resistant markers stay readable on plastic in a freezer, and which tapes loosen once the surface is cold.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read
labware
Low-binding tubes and when the claim matters
When a low-binding tube is worth specifying for dilute protein or nucleic acid, and which recovery evidence to ask for first.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read
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Plastic resins and solvent compatibility
A working map of polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate, PET and PTFE, and why the solvent chart still decides.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read
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Plate colours clear white and black
How to trace a weak or noisy plate reading to well colour: clear for absorbance, white for luminescence, and black for fluorescence.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read
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Polypropylene polyethylene and polystyrene
Where polypropylene, polyethylene and polystyrene belong in ordinary research work, and where a resin class stops being enough.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read
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Pyrex Duran and other trade names as labels only
Why Pyrex, Duran and other trade names only identify a maker's line, and why laboratory glass is specified by the printed glass type.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read
labware
Questions before a glassware enquiry
Which glass type, class, volume, joint size, cap thread and autoclave requirement to write down before a laboratory glassware enquiry.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read
labware
Racks that survive an autoclave
Why an autoclave rack warps or melts, and how the marking separates polypropylene that can take steam from polystyrene that cannot.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read
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Receiving a glassware shipment without chipping it
How to inspect a glassware delivery for chips, star cracks and loose caps, and what to record if a piece arrives damaged.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read
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Reusable versus single-use and the waste question
What reusable, single-use, decontamination and recalibration mean when a bench chooses glassware or a disposable plastic format.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read
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Sterile versus clean is not the same
How to specify sterile, clean, endotoxin-controlled or nuclease-controlled labware as separate claims with different evidence.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read