Use a razor blade to slit one side of the vial lengthwise and pull apart. Janet
________________________________ From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of Pat Flannery Sent: Fri 4/3/2009 5:33 PM To: Histonet Subject: Re: [Histonet] Removing PMMA blocks from glass vials OK, silly question time: How do you get them out of *plastic* vials? I've always used the glass scint vials,too. Doesn't the PMMA melt plastic vials (or stick too well to them)? -Pat Flannery Duke Med On Apr 3, 2009, at 2:00 PM, "Monfils, Paul" <pmonf...@lifespan.org> wrote: > Someone gave me some small PMMA blocks polymerized inside glass > scintillation vials. I always use plastic vials. Obviously the > vials have to be broken to get the blocks out. Does anyone have > some advice on the best way to do this? The guy who brought them > said he thought I could "use liquid nitrogen", but had no > specifics. Any help will be appreciated. > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ======================================================= The information contained in this message may be privileged and/or confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and deleting the material from any computer. ======================================================= _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet