eBay has titanium hydrothermal synthesis autoclave reactor thingys with Teflon inserts!
.my question is what exactly can these be used for?
Won't heating the vessel damage the Teflon???elementcollector1 - 14-3-2018 at 18:30
As far as I can tell, they're meant for pressurized reactions up to the numbers specified. I'm not sure if the pressure-temperature properties of
Teflon mean it would degrade under those conditions, but I would assume not. They're typically used for organic reactions, though I've never found the
specifics.
The reason I know even this was because I was looking into these for hydrothermal growth of crystals some time ago, and came across them.
Unfortunately, their maximum pressure rating is too low by a factor of a few hundred, last I checked.mayko - 14-3-2018 at 18:49
take a look at some of the posts from user chironex:
eBay has titanium hydrothermal synthesis autoclave reactor thingys with Teflon inserts!
.my question is what exactly can these be used for?
Won't heating the vessel damage the Teflon???
No , it won't.
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Chinese 100-300ml PPL Lined Hydrothermal Synthesis Autoclave Reactor, 3Mpa US $166.89 - 339.70+shipping
Parr instruments 4748A Acid Digestion Vessel 200mL US $900.00
