Distillation Labware
Glassware and replacement parts designed to carry out distillations in laboratory settings; includes condensers, distillation heads, receivers, etc. Products are available for various scales and for specialty distillations.
Distillation is a process used widely in the laboratory or in wider working environments for separating or purifying liquids or liquid mixtures based on the different boiling points of individual components.
Distillation Applications:
• Separation and purification of miscible liquid mixtures in organic chemistry
• Drying of solid residues and/or solvent removal
• Fractional distillation of liquids from polymers and petroleum products
• Removal of particulates or other solid contaminants
• As part of a water purification system for production of distilled water for laboratory use
• Specialist steam distillation-based applications such as Kjeldahl analysis of nitrogen and proteins in food, beverage, or environmental samples
What Types of Distillation Equipment Are Available?
Conventional distillation apparatus, typically comprising individual, jointed borosilicate glassware components assembled by the user (depending upon the application), using appropriate clamps, stands, and supports. Most conventional distillation assemblies combine a round-bottomed distilling flask to contain and heat the liquid(s) that require purification, fitted with a stoppered or jointed neck to which is attached a downward-sloping, inclined side-arm for connection to a condensing unit to cool the heated vapors back down to their liquid state. Heating mantles are the preferred heat source for improved temperature control. These conventional distillation units are also available supplied complete and ready-assembled for added convenience and ease of use.
Specialized automated distillation equipment, notably units designed for the determination of volatile acidity and alcoholic strength by volume in wines, musts, and alcoholic beverages, and units designed for Kjeldahl nitrogen or protein determinations.
Synthware™ Distilling Head
Grease free, easy syringe access, and easy drainage
Labconco™ Countertop Distillation Units
Holds two or six 500 or 800mL Kjeldahl flasks
Synthware™ Distilling Head, Short Path, Jacketed
Short path distilling head has a close coupled condenser and vacuum connection to offer an extremely short condensate travel path
Synthware™ Distilling Receiver
With 135° angle between top outer joint and lower inner joint.
Synthware™ Distilling Head
Designed for use with a 76mm immersion thermometer
Synthware™ Jacketed Vigreux Distillation Head
Sealed-on condenser, braced for strength. Vacuum adapter has an inner joint and a sealed in drip tip.
Synthware™ Hickman Distillation Head With Side Port
Side port with cap and 8 mm PTFE-lined septum for syringe injection or retrieval.
Synthware™ Vigreux Distillation Head- Microscale
Distillation head with condenser sealed to a Vigreux column.
Corning™ PYREX™ Glass Distilling Columns
Widely used in the lab, especially for fractionation
DWK Life Sciences™ Kimble™ Kontes™ Distillation Heads
Vigreux; Short path
DWK Life Sciences™ Kimble™ KIMAX™ Distilling-Moisture Receiver
With two arm outlets
Corning™ PYREX™ Oil Dilution Distilling Receiver With Joints
Designed to keep heat-sensitive materials away from the hot base of the flask
Synthware™ Distilling Head, Short Path, Jacketed, Vigreux
Short path distilling head has a close coupled condenser and vacuum connection to offer an extremely short condensate travel path
Corning™ PYREX™ Kjeldahl Nitrogen Distilling Apparatus, Standard Taper Joints
Determines nitrogen in organic compounds