Links to commercial sites do not imply endorsement of the vendors' products or services*.
Piston Cylinder Parts |
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| Furnaces, pistons, pressure vessel and stack hardware |
Rockland Research (Peter McNutt) 6 Tompkins Ave./West Nyack NY 10994 845-353-4686 Fax: 845-358-9119
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Steel/pyrex base plugs |
Depths of the Earth 6314 E. Morning Vista Lane Cave Creek, AZ 85331 phone: (480) 513-9921 Fax: (480) 513-9925 Email Tracy at DepthsoftheEarth.com
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Thermocouple insulators |
Vesuvius McDanel 510 Ninth Ave. Beaver Falls, PA 15010-4700 412-843-8300 412-843-5644 (Fax) Order 12" 4 bore 99.9% Al2O3 tubes - 0.162" OD Part #AXF-1159
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MgO insulators |
Ozark Technical Ceramics, Inc. 402 Ware St. Webb City MO 64870-2789 Tel. (417) 673-2463 / FAX (417) 673-2464 See in particular: http://www.ozarktech.com/PDF/tech_exotic.pdf
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BaCO3 |
Amrex Chemical Co Inc. 391 Exchange St Buffalo, NY 14204-2023 Tel: (716) 852-7245. Buy ONLY “calcined free-flowing BaCO3.” (Minimum purchase is 50 pounds).
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MoS2 |
TS Moly Lubricants, Inc. P.O. Box 230225 Houston, TX 77223-0225 Tel: (800) 508-5545. Specify superfine/technical fine (4 micron), former Belray part # 14550.
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Plastics |
Polymershapes or McMasterCarr. For insulators, order 10 mil (0.01") Polyester (PET) film (Mylar™).
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Multi-anvil Parts |
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| Castable ceramic: Ceramacast 584OS |
Aremco Products, Inc. P.O. Box 517, 707-B Executive Blvd., Valley Cottage, NY 10989 Phone: (845) 268-003 Fax: (845) 268-0041 E-mail: aremco@aremco.com * specify OS: old style! *
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| Dental drills (diamond and carbide points) |
Brasseler USA One Brasseler Boulevard Savannah, Georgia 31419 Phone: 1-800-841-4522 info@brasselerusa.com
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| MgO Pieces |
Ozark Technical Ceramics, Inc. 402 Ware St. Webb City MO 64870-2789 Tel. (417) 673-2463 / Fax (417) 673-2464 See in particular: http://www.ozarktech.com/PDF/tech_exotic.pdf
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| Molybdenum |
ESPI 1050 Benson Way Ashland, OR 97520 tel 800.638.2581 fax 800.488.0060 sales@espimetals.com Rhenium Alloys, Inc |
| Cell Assemblies: Injection Moulded Octahedra, Pyrophyllite, Zirconia... |
Kurt Leinenweber/COMPRES/ASU
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| Thermocouple insulators |
McDanel Advanced Ceramic Technologies LLC 510 Ninth Ave. Beaver Falls, PA 15010 phone: 724-843-8300 fax: 724-843-5644 email: sales@mcdanelceramics.com
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| Tungsten carbide |
Toshiba Tungaloy America, Inc 1226A Michael Drive Wood Dale IL 60191 Tel 630-224-3700 Fax 630-227-0690
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| Truncation grinding |
Minnesota Grinding, Inc 5400 Douglas Dr.N. Crystal, MN 55429-3106 Phone: 763-535-4445 Fax: 763-535-4578
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| PTFE dry lubricant |
Miller-Stephenson 6348 Oakton St. Morton Grove, IL 60053 847.966.2022 Fax 847.966.8468 il.sales@miller-stephenson.com We use PTFE lubricant MS-122RB.
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Plastics |
Polymershapes or McMasterCarr. Liner for hatbox: 3.5 mil (0.0035") Polyester (PET) film (Mylar™). Wedge insulation: 2 mil (0.002") Polyester film. Anvil insulators: Phenolic G-10 FR-4 15 mil (0.015"). * specify Norplex as the manufacturer *
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Solid pressure media apparatus |
Rockland Research (Peter McNutt) 6 Tompkins Ave./West Nyack NY 10994 845-353-4686 Fax: 845-358-9119
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Controllers, SCRs etc |
Eurotherm
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Dry graphite |
NAPA auto parts
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Polishing materials |
Allied
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Chemicals |
Alfa Aesar
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Wire saw supplies |
Princeton Scientific We use 50 micron wire and 1000 mesh boron carbide abrasive. tel.: +1 609 924-3011
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Box Furnace Elements |
Barnstead International Furnace model F47915 (47900) requires 2 heating elements, part number:
EL479X1A Model FB1415M uses t/c TC746X1a, heating element EL48X1
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Other lab supplies |
Daigger
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If it's not on this list, it probably comes from the Chemistry Stockroom or McMasterCarr. Or AxMan.
* With the exception of Ax-Man.
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