HPLC Waste Kit - Basic, GL38, 10-port, size L (4 x 1/4" NPT, 6 x 1/4-28)

Container Type and Thread Size
The 4-liter amber glass bottle with distinctive finger grip is as common in most labs as Parafilm® and pipettes. Used by many chemical manufacturers as the containment vessel of choice for solvents, these bottles are (thankfully) supplied with a more-or-less standardized finish: the “GL38” 38-430 glass thread. Although compatible with 38-430 caps used on some plastic bottles - such as Nalgene - it’s important to note that the GL38 caps supplied here are not deep enough to engage and seal on many plastic 38-430 bottles.

Watch out for 38mm thread variants: increasingly, chemical suppliers utilize a 38-415 thread on 4L bottles instead of the more common 38-430. Although identical in appearance, these two threads aren’t interchangeable.

Although practically all the bottle caps provided here could be used for either solvent extraction or waste collection, the difference in function lies in how ventilation is handled.

During solvent extraction, air must enter the bottle to displace solvent removed - a problem resolved with a oneway check valve. The removeable valve is constructed of inert PTFE components with stainless spring, compatible with most laboratory solvents, with a low opening pressure below 1psi to avoid pump cavitation.

Tubing is secured to threaded ports (“Type A” 1/4-28) in inert PTFE inserts.The insert rotates independently from the Polypropylene cap collar - a feature which prevents twisted tubing when the cap is removed. The tubing connections provided are for 1/8” (3.2mm) OD tubing.

Basic Kit Contents
The Basic Kit for HPLC waste collection includes a 10-port Polypropylene manifold, fittings kit with tubing connections for typical analytical-scale HPLC instruments, port plugs, filter adapter (straight and 90 degree elbow) and an exhaust filter with timer.

The fittings kit includes:

• (6) PTFE Type A port plugs
• (3) PP Type D port plugs
• (1) Barbed 1/4” Y-connector
• (1) 3/8” ID barbed adapter
• (3) 1/4” ID barbed adapters
• (1) 3/16” ID barbed adapter
• (1) 1/8” ID barbed adapter
• (2) 1/16” OD tube fittings
• (2) 2.2mm OD tube fittings
• (1) 2.5mm OD tube fitting
• (3) 1/8” OD tube fittings

Manifold includes (6) Type A port and (4) Type D ports

• Smallest hole (Type A) accepts 1/4-28 UNF tubing adapters (sold separately)
• Largest hole (Type D) accepts 1/4” NPT tubing adapters (sold separately)