Manufactured using a PTFE reinforced perfluoroelastomer, Vapourtec’s BLACK peristaltic pump tube offers excellent chemical compatibility across the range of solvents and reagents currently supported by two different tube materials.
Developed in response to customer requests, the BLACK tube can be used to pump solvents and reagents including BuLi, LDA, concentrated acids (including TFA, nitric, formic, sulphuric, hydrochloric, etc), THF, DMF and DMSO.
Until now, the company has employed RED and BLUE tubes, made of materials that cater for 90% of the range of reagents and solvents used in flow chemistry and offer pressure capability up to 10 bar in its range of peristaltic pumps, including the E-Series, R2S pump module, SF-10 and SF-10+ standalone pumps as well as the Peptide-Builder.
Vapourtec MD Duncan Guthrie said: “Following a chance meeting with a technical expert from a blue-chip advanced materials company, we were introduced to a range of composite, elastomeric materials suitable for the fabrication of chemically resistant, high-pressure (up to 10 bar) peristaltic pump tubes. Many customers have requested a ‘universal’ tube and we have responded by delivering this new universal tube material.”
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