Standard Glass Tubing. Borosilicate glass tubing is available in over 100 sizes. These sizes range from 4mm in diameter and 0.8mm thick, to 325mm in diameter and 9.0mm thick and any size in between.
How we can measure the tube glass diameter?
The simplest method is probably to use a travelling microscope to measure the wall thickness at the ends of the tube, and vernier calliper or micrometer to measure outer diameter at a few points along the tube.Aug 27, 2016
What are the types of glass tubing?
Types of Glass Tubing There are two main types of glass that are commonly found in glass tubing using in labs: flint glass and borosilicate glass. Flint glass gets its name from the flint nodules found in English chalk deposits that were a source of high purity silica, which was used to produce a potash lead glass.Aug 15, 2019
How do you melt a glass tube?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNn7202Mq8Y
How do you condense glass tubing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfBPWIUDYFc
How do you cut glass tubes cleanly?
Score the tube once with a triangular file. Turn the scratch away from your body placing your thumbs opposite the scratch. Push your thumbs away from you. The glass tube should break cleanly at the scratch.