Some ampoules are designed to be broken off with a pair of needle-nose
pliers......otherwise why not ring the suppliers??
Kate
----- Original Message -----
From: "Katharine Thayer" <kthayer@pacifier.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: glutaraldehyde
> This is probably a stupid question, but here goes:
>
> Okay, so now I've got a minute to experiment with glutaraldehyde, and I
> can't get it open. To obtain the smallest amount possible (20 ml) of the
> stuff, I ordered 10 ampules of 2 ml each. These are glass ampules and I
> assume the neck is supposed to be broken off somehow, but I can't make
> it happen. I've scored the neck at what looks like a score mark, and
> then tried to twist the top off, (with my hand wrapped in a rag to
> protect against cuts) but it doesn't happen. I don't want to just whack
> the top against the edge of the table; after looking at the 7 pages of
> warnings that came with the order I'm not too keen on doing anything
> that might result in spilling glutaraldehyde.
>
> No doubt there's something obvious I'm missing here; if so, can someone
> point out what it is, please? Thanks,
> kt
>
>
Received on Sun Mar 21 15:24:21 2004
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