Mike, I tried to make cellulose capillaries as well, but my product came out to be quite fragile. Also, I couldn't find an easy way to fill them. Do you know the tricks?
Miguel On 17 Nov 2007 at 10:12, Michael Glazer wrote: > > There is an old method that I used to use for capillaries that you may > useful. Take a metal wire of > appropriate diameter and dip it into collodion (nitrocellulose dissolved in > acetone), allow it to dry. > Then stretch the wire with pliers and slip off the cellulose capillary. This > is cheap, quick, has very > low scatter and of course you can make it to whatever size you want. > > Mike Glazer > > > > From: Andy Fitch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17 November 2007 07:29 > To: rietveld_l@ill.fr > Subject: Re: Kapton capillaries > Goodfellows www.goodfellow.com > Cole-Parmer http://www.coleparmer.com/ > > See also "A rapidly filled capillary mount for both dry powder and > polycrystalline slurry > samples". > R. B. Von Dreele. J. Appl. Cryst. (2006). 39 , 124-126 > > Andy > > > At 19:49 16/11/2007, you wrote: > Could someone please suggest a source for purchasing kapton capillaries? > A search on > the internet drew a blank. > > Thanks. > > Dipo Omotoso > > > -- Miguel Gregorkiewitz Dip Scienze della Terra, Università via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena, Europe fon +39'0577'233810 fax 233938 email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
