Sample Vials
Tubes and vials for general collection, storage, and transportation of samples; available in a variety of colors, sizes, volume capacities, and material compositions; may be sterile, non-sterile, and/or autoclavable; may include caps.
The term “vial” is somewhat undefined and is usually described as a small, cylindrical, and flat-bottomed container used to hold liquids. Most sample vials are made of plastic or glass, and include a separate or attached lid or closure. Sample vials are categorized by material and also by their size or specific purpose.
Glass sample vials are categorized by the type of glass used to make them.
- Type I, Class A glass sample vials are made from low-expansion borosilicate glass
- Type I, Class B glass sample vials are made from an alumino-borosilicate glass
- Type II are made from soda-lime glass
Plastic sample vials may be made from a variety of resins, including:
- Polycarbonate
- Polypropylene
- Polystyrene
- Low-density polyethylene (LDPE)
- High-density polyethylene (HDPE)
Glass sample vials may be clear or amber-colored (to protect the contents from ultraviolet light). Plastic sample vials are available in a range of colors, including amber, natural, and clear resins.
Sample vials may have different types of closures, depending on their use and the material being stored.
- Screw caps
- For both glass and plastic sample vials
- May be closed or open
- Typically made from polypropylene or phenolic resin (with a variety of closure liners, including PE foam, PTFE, cork, tin, etc.)
- Flip-top
- Caps for plastic sample vials may be attached by a tether to the vial itself
- Also called “captive” closures
- Snap caps (external): Both glass and plastic sample vials
- Plug caps (internal): Both glass and plastic sample vials
DWK Life Sciences Wheaton™ Shorty Vials™ Glass Sample Vials in Lab File™: with Caps
Come in convenient Lab File partitioned trays
DWK Life Sciences Wheaton™ Vial File™ with Screw Cap: Amber
Amber sample vials with a variety of screw cap options
Thermo Scientific™ National Glass Screw-Thread Sample Vials with Open-Top Caps and Septa
Thermo Scientific™ National Glass Screw-Thread Sample Vials with Open-Top Caps and Septa include shrink-wrapped vials and separately packaged caps and septa.
DWK Life Sciences Wheaton™ V Vial™ with Solid-Top Screw Cap, Amber
Conical interior bottoms are designed to provide total downward drainage and maximum retrieval of contents by syringe
Kimble Chase™ Borosilicate Glass Sample Vials without Caps
Kimble Chase™ Borosilicate Glass Sample Vials without Caps are manufactured from 51 expansion borosilicate glass.
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KIMBLE™ Clear Sample Vial
Clear sample vial without a closure included.
Thermo Scientific™ 90 mL Wide-Mouth Flip-Top Containers
Thermo Scientific™ 90 mL Wide-Mouth Flip-Top Containers are designed for drugs of abuse testing and are molded from a low-binding polypropylene resin.
DWK Life Sciences Wheaton™ V Vial™ with Crimp Top Finish; no Closures
Ideal for small scale reactions, centrifugation, storage, packaging and shipping of vital samples.
Thermo Scientific™ Orion™ AQUAfast 24mm Round Vials for Colorimeters and Spectrophotometers
Use Thermo Scientific™ Orion™ AQUAfast 24mm Round Vials with a variety of Orion™ colorimeters and spectrophotometers, each package contains 12 vials
DWK Life Sciences Kimble™ ClearScrew Thread Sample Vials with Attached PTFE-Faced/White Rubber Lined Caps
Packaged in corrugated trays with partitions
DWK Life Sciences Kimble™ AmberScrew Thread Sample Vials with Unattached White Rubber Lined Caps
Unattached, closed top black phenolic closures
DWK Life Sciences Kimble™ Clear Screw Thread Sample Vials with Unattached PTFE-Faced/White Rubber Lined Closures
Unattached closed top black phenolic closures
DWK Life Sciences Wheaton™ Glass Sample Vials in Vial File™
Vial File provides a compact, easily accessible means of sample storage
MilliporeSigma™ Supelco™ CERTAN™ Capillary Bottles
To extract a solution from CERTAN™ Capillary Vials use a syringe with a needle diameter of 0.8 mm or smaller, and a minimum length of 70 mm