Scintillation vials, also called Peti-Vials, are made from a special grade of polypropylene to produce optimum vial clarity, and are autoclavable.  It features a unique one-half turn, leak-proof cap with a molded-in sealing ring.  The bottoms of the vials are dimpled to facilitate filter-paper counting, and they are compatible with all major liquid scintillation counting systems.

Each vial has a nominal volume of 7mL, and is ideal for sample storage.

The maximum use temperature is 135C/275F, and the brittleness temperature is 0C/32F.

The recommended autoclaving guidlines are:

Temperaure: 121C/249.8F
Pressure: 15psi
Time: 15 minutes
Cycle: Steam
**Dry Cycle is not recomended.

**NOTE** The caps are NOT autoclavable, but can be sterilized via Sterlization Gas.