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Glas-Col tube furnaces...

evil_lurker - 3-10-2006 at 13:06

Well not exactly, but I did notice that Glas-Col will custom manufacture a heating mantle to your specifications.

I figure a pyrex or vycor tube with some ground glass joints on the ends, a custom made mantle, and a variac and your good to go for up to 450C!

Thoughts?

solo - 3-10-2006 at 17:04

I had one long ago it's a large cylinder with a small hole for the tube to go through, the green machine,mounted on a control box with a thermocouple and a gauge for temp with a temp regulator, they seem to work good but I found it to be a very slow and sloppy way to produce ketones at that time they cost at that time $1200.........solo

matei - 4-10-2006 at 03:27

A "heating tape" would be more suitable for that purpose. Check this link:http://www.horst.de/english/Heizb_ko.htm

These are also sold by Aldrich (approx. 100 Euros a piece). They go to 450 oC.