Dear Michael, I work with capillaries in a regular bases to grow crystal and use them for RT data collection or cryogenic temperature data collection at home source or at synchrotron sources. I like better borosilicate glass capillaries from Triana (http://www.trianatech.com/), as Patrick has already mentioned, for the cylindrical type but if I need capillaries with a reservoir them I go for the standard power diffraction capillaries from http://www.capillarytubes.co.uk/acatalog/Borosilicate_Glass_Capillary_Tubes.htmlwhich are similar to those from Hampton ( http://www.capillarytubes.co.uk/acatalog/Borosilicate_Glass_Capillary_Tubes.html), etc.
All of them will give you some background but any of them will affect dramatically your data quality. You can do a search in ActaD or F and get good inputs on that (=*367 articles match your search capillaries*). On my hands borosilicate capillaries are easier to handle than Quartz capillaries and probably cheaper. Gavi. ____________________________________ Dr. José A. Gavira Gallardo Laboratorio de Estudios Cristalográficos IACT, (CSIC-UGR) Av. de las Palmeras, 4 18100 Armilla (Granada) Tel.: 958 230000 Ext. 19 01 06 Fax: 958 55 26 20 e-mail: jgav...@iact.ugr-csic.es or g...@lec.csic.es web: http://lec.ugr.es/~gavi/ ____________________________________ 2012/11/12 Michael Roberts <mrobert...@talktalk.net> > Dear All, > > I would be interested to learn of other crystallographers' experience in > their use of glass capillaries for protein crystal growth and X-ray > diffraction clarity. > There are many types of glass available - quartz, soda glass, > borosilicate, etc. Are there specific types which people prefer for best > results overall? > > Best wishes, > > Michael Roberts >
