“….. It was decided to test the CondenSyn under relatively tough conditions, as close as possible to those used in a typical laboratory synthesis. A 100 mL round bottomed flask containing 50 mL of a given solvent was heated to a temperature 10% higher than the stated boiling point of the solvent for 24 hours under bubbling nitrogen gas. ….”
We can’t resist a bit of cool chemistry paraphernalia and this unique custom-made chemistry flask / tea pot hybrid that was specified by Dr Ffion Abraham is up for grabs for one lucky Asynt customer!
We haven’t managed to convince Martyn that an in-house ice cream manufacturing station with an Asynt liquid nitrogen generator is a reasonable staff facility, but we did find that the cooling DrySyn SnowStorm Reactor Kit is really wonderful at holding* several of these chilled treasures at a low temperature until we’re ready to eat! We might possibly need more space for sauces, toppings and proper ice cream cornets though…
On 27th and 28th February, 2017, many of the greatest organic chemists from the UK will be gathering at “OrgSyn” to speak. Find out more!
Back in January the IUPAC accepted the evidence indicating that four new elements had been produced, fleshing out the bottom row of the periodic table. They were given temporary names to start with (such as ununseptium – element 117), but the formal names have now been agreed! They aren’t any easier to pronounce though…
Asynt has introduced new reaction inserts for its DrySyn Heating Block range enabling scientists to now conduct precisely controlled heated/stirred experiments with up to 27 parallel reactions.
Asynt has introduced GasTrap gas purifiers for analytical laboratories using Gas Chromatography (GC), High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) or Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) instrumentation.
Asynt joined partners, BioChromato, and many of our distribution partners at Analytica, the international trade fair in Munich, Germany last week. We showed off the Smart Evaporator, the NEW DrySyn Spiral Evaporator and discussed the upcoming new products available from our catalogue soon!
Tall ship, the Mary Rose, was lost to the ocean depths in July, 1945. Amongst the traditional tools used to preserve her heritage were some innovative new ones too, such as the freeze dryer.
With what seems to be a celebrated day of the year for every occasion it would be remiss of us to ignore World Baking Day on Tuesday 17th May but we’ll look at it from the Chemists viewpoint!
