[russellm72]

Hi,

Does anyone have any experience of using these vials? I would love to try some but unfortunately where I work think they are too dangereous. Normally we have to do sealed reactions in carius tubes which is a pain in the a**. Does anyone have any idea what pressure rating these vials have or can offer insight into suitable alternatives that could be used in this field.

Kind regards

Russell.

[kiwi]

I assume you mean flame sealed Carius tubes? I haven't used Reacti vials, but routinely run sealed reactions in these http://www.chemglass.com/product_view.asp?pnr=AF-0096.
A lot less of a pain than flame sealing things. You can get them with big stirrer bars presealed inside, although small stirrer bars fit through the lid, and work for me. The tubes are sold as storage vessels for solvents etc, but they are made of solid glass and can take a real beating. I have run a couple of heated small scale reactions in normal borosilicate vials without incident, but I am always a little wary about doing so.

[Mitch]

I've also only used what Kiwi linked to.