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Have you met Walter?

Posted on: June 17, 2016

Have you met our new friend, Walter? He’s really worried about water droplets being wasted and wants everyone to remember that we need to look after him and his kind!

Dr Nicholas White team testing of CondenSyn

Serious testing of the CondenSyn®

Posted on: June 17, 2016

“….. It was decided to test the CondenSyn under relatively tough conditions, as close as possible to those used in a typical laboratory synthesis. A 100 mL round bottomed flask containing 50 mL of a given solvent was heated to a temperature 10% higher than the stated boiling point of the solvent for 24 hours under bubbling nitrogen gas. ….”

Asynt chemistry flask tea pot giveaway on LinkedIn

Your lab isn’t complete without this!

Posted on: June 17, 2016

We can’t resist a bit of cool chemistry paraphernalia and this unique custom-made chemistry flask / tea pot hybrid that was specified by Dr Ffion Abraham is up for grabs for one lucky Asynt customer!

Four new elements are named!

Posted on: June 15, 2016

Back in January the IUPAC accepted the evidence indicating that four new elements had been produced, fleshing out the bottom row of the periodic table. They were given temporary names to start with (such as ununseptium – element 117), but the formal names have now been agreed! They aren’t any easier to pronounce though…

Asynt and BioChromato at Analytica 2016

The buzz from Analytica 2016

Posted on: May 16, 2016

Asynt joined partners, BioChromato, and many of our distribution partners at Analytica, the international trade fair in Munich, Germany last week. We showed off the Smart Evaporator, the NEW DrySyn Spiral Evaporator and discussed the upcoming new products available from our catalogue soon!

Mary Rose freeze dryer blog

Freezing the Mary Rose

Posted on: May 16, 2016

Tall ship, the Mary Rose, was lost to the ocean depths in July, 1945. Amongst the traditional tools used to preserve her heritage were some innovative new ones too, such as the freeze dryer.

Sir Harry Kroto

Sir Harry Kroto – a learning experience

Posted on: May 13, 2016

The world of chemistry needs innovators and creators and I’m so glad to have learned more about Sir Harry Kroto, who would have absolutely met this criteria! Find out more about my discoveries here.

Analytica 2016

Analytica 2016

Posted on: May 9, 2016

We will be displaying the BioChromato Smart Evaporator and consumables in addition to the NEW DrySyn Spiral Evaporator at Analytica 2016 this week.