The Art and Science of Glass Blowing: Going Beyond the Surface
When most people think of glass blowing, they envision skilled artisans shaping molten glass into intricate designs. However, glass blowing is just one facet…
Technology Innovation
Technology Innovation Sandfire Scientific Ltd has been manufacturing custom-made scientific glassware for over 40 years. And even after all this time, the requests we…
The case for a clean room or a clean box
The case for a clean room or a clean box As part of improving our customer service and overall quality, we are in the…
Higher Education and Research
Higher Education and Research We’re not into name dropping, but what the hey. Once in a while, it doesn’t hurt. So, here’s a list…
Silanization – Say what?
Technology Innovation Sandfire Scientific Ltd has been manufacturing custom-made scientific glassware for over 40 years. And even after all this time, the requests we…
Scientific Glassblowers – A special breed
Scientific Glassblowers – A special breed It takes a special kind of person to stand or sit at a bench or lathe for hours…
Fiber Optic Preforms
Fiber Optic Preforms As we ponder whether we should switch our existing internet service from Asymmetric DSL using our fax line and supplied by…
Scientific Glass and Mining Exploration
Scientific Glass and Mining Exploration Quartz furnace tubes are one of the items we manufacture at Sandfire Scientific for the mining industry. The photo…
Quartz ampoules coated with layer of pyrolyzed carbon
Quartz ampoules coated with layer of pyrolyzed carbon As we look back at 2015, our Quartz ampules, or ampoules, are increasingly in demand; whether…
Scintillation Crystals grown in our Carbon Coated Quartz Ampoules
Scintillation Crystals grown in our Carbon Coated Quartz Ampoules We gratefully acknowledge the support of Adam C. Lindsey and the group of researchers at…
Pipettes and burettes, what’s the dif?
Pipettes and burettes, what’s the dif? The Pipettes, not to be confused with the British Indie Pop band of the same name, are used…
Quenching the melt – Quartz Glass Ampoules
Quenching the melt – Quartz Glass Ampoules Taking the ampoule, containing the melt, out of the furnace and dipping it in water can be…
Sealing Quartz Ampoules under vacuum
Sealing Quartz Ampoules under vacuum Sandfire Scientific – Sealing Demo from Sandfire Scientific on Vimeo. In one or two blogs, we mentioned that we…
Crystal growth – Collaboration
Crystal growth – Collaboration From time to time, we receive requests from customers and prospective customers asking questions ranging from “how to seal a…
Counterflow with Mr. Schlenk
Counterflow with Mr. Schlenk Wilhelm Schlenk was a German Chemist who passed away in 1943. He specialized in Organic Chemistry. He discovered Organolithium. He is…
Our suppliers, a big reason for our company’s success.
Our suppliers, a big reason for our company’s success. Before our finished products are in the hands of our customers, there are a number…
Layer of Pyrolyzed Carbon on Quartz Glass
Layer of Pyrolyzed Carbon on Quartz Glass We are continuing our work with carbon coating of Quartz Glass surfaces. As mentioned in a previous…
Soda lime glass, Borosilicate, Quartz and Sapphire
Soda lime glass, Borosilicate, Quartz and Sapphire Once in a while, we are asked to make something out of soda-lime glass. What is soda-lime…
Perovskite/Antiperovskite solar cells, fuel cells, and our Quartz Ampoules
Perovskite/Antiperovskite solar cells, fuel cells, and our Quartz Ampoules Some of the Quartz ampoules we manufacture are shipped to customers involved with the development…
Happy 2015!!!
Happy 2015!!! We could start the year by talking about the progress we are making around the world with our Carbon Coated Quartz ampoules…
Carbon Coated Ampoules to Japan and Spain
Carbon Coated Ampoules to Japan and Spain Recently, we have sold our carbon coated ampoules to a company in Japan, and a university in…
Quartz Furnace Tubes for Drill bit manufacturing
Quartz Furnace Tubes for Drill bit manufacturing From Limestone to Sandstone, and everything in between, bits are required by the mining and exploration industry…
Impingers. How exciting?
Impingers. How exciting? Impingers may not keep you awake at night, but they have a function. We have customers who use our impingers to…
The great unknown – Trials and tribulations of a glass research company
The great unknown – Trials and tribulations of a glass research company We can’t show you pictures of some of the R&D that we…
How do we take care of our customers? Sometimes, the hard way.
How do we take care of our customers? Sometimes, the hard way. At the beginning of the year, we were approached by one of…
We don’t normally do beakers, but…
We don’t normally do beakers, but… Our friend, Lorrie, “prop girl” extraordinaire contacted us to get some unmarked beakers and Erlenmeyer flasks for a…
Customers in South Korea, France, Turkey, USA and Canada What do these clients have in common?
Customers in South Korea, France, Turkey, USA and Canada What do these clients have in common? They all purchase carbon coated ampoules from Sandfire…
Early Days of Sandfire Scientific Ltd.
Early Days of Sandfire Scientific Ltd. 2014 will mark the 40th year that Richard Morgan left the comfort of working in a university glassblowing…
Absorption Spectra for Various Chemical Species
Absorption Spectra for Various Chemical Species Recently, we were contacted by Paul Schroeder from the University of Colorado. Paul is a PhD Student working…
Drilling Quartz Rods: An Update
Drilling Quartz Rods: An Update We are happy to report that our efforts to drill quartz rods are meeting with success. A year later,…
