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Issue 5
8th
March 2010
C&I Magazine
Tornado heats cools and stirs viscous samples in parallel
Tornado heats cools and stirs viscous samples in parallel
The Radleys Tornado is the ideal synthesis
solution for stirring both viscous samples
and delicate solids, where conventional
magnetic stirring is not suitable.
Magnetic stirring, using PTFE stirring
bars or fleas, is not suitable for viscous
samples, because the magnetic stirring
bars simply do not have the power to mix
the sample. Also where your chemistry
requires the dispersing of delicate solids or
resins, magnetic stirring bars can damage
the sample by grinding.
The Tornado system evenly distributes high-torque stirring from a conventional
overhead stirrer to six round-bottom flasks, from 50ml to 250ml, and is the only
parallel synthesiser that offers overhead stirring, heating, cooling, refluxing and
an inert atmosphere to six positions simultaneously.
Innovative ‘pinch-grip’ stirrer guides on each of the six flasks maintain an
inert atmosphere during stirring and allow rapid exchange of stirrer shafts. The
Tornado accepts a range of round-bottom flasks from 50ml to 250ml, including
flasks with wide necks, sidearms and integral baffles.
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