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Kimble Chase, the largest manufacturer of laboratory glassware products worldwide, produces Kontes brand NMR tubes with strict adherence to rigorous production and quality standards to assure wall thickness, concentricity and camber are exact. Vineland, NJ (PRWEB) April 18, 2011 To keep their NMR tubes from spinning out of control, researchers performing NMR spectroscopy require tubes manufactured with uniform precision. For many years, scientists have relied on Kontes brand NMR Tubes,...

Consumers Union Asks Consumer Product Safety Commission to Investigate Glass Bakeware YONKERS, N.Y., Dec. 7, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A year-long investigation by Consumer Reports reveals that while hundreds of millions of glass baking dishes are used safely each year, hot glassware can shatter unexpectedly, sometimes causing serious injuries. The report details several stories of glass bakeware breaking and shattering, leading off with the story of a grandmother on Thanksgiving Day...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Gujarat Borosil Limited (GBL), a member of the BOROSIL Group, announces production of high performance low iron extra clear Solar Glass. The entire process plant comprising of this manufacturing facility has been imported from West Europe and United States. Its process line to impart a pencil edge and temper glass sheets conforming to EN12150 is soon to be commissioned. With this GBL will be able to meet the requirements of demanding customers in this...

Swiss scientists have found a way to fabricate borosilicate glass nanoparticles that are more stable than nanoparticles made of polymers or silica glass. Used in microfluidic systems, the new nanoparticles remain more stable when subjected to temperature fluctuations and harsh chemical environments than currently used nanoparticles, the researchers said. Nanoparticles have generated wide interest as potential transporters of antibodies, drugs or chemicals for use in diagnostic tests or...