Scientific Glassblowing Laboratory (Glass Shop)

Hours:

M–F, 8 AM–4 PM

Building: SCL rm 14

About the core

Maintained by the Department of Chemistry, the Scientific Glassblowing Laboratory (nicknamed the Glass Shop) is staffed by two glassblowers, Daryl Smith and Preston Smith. They work closely with scientists, researchers and other skilled craftsmen to provide exceptional service. All of your glass needs, whether it’s standard catalog items, modifications of existing glassware, or new designs, can be acquired from the Yale Glass Shop and will be more affordable than using other sources.

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Read about our history.

To submit a request with the Glass Shop, please visit PPMS. Go to the request tab, not the order tab. If you don’t have an account with PPMS, set one up here.

Examples of our offerings include adapters, bubblers, bump traps, chromatography columns, condensers, dry-storage jars, filtration funnels, flasks, Kjeldahl traps, Schlenck ware, and vacuum traps. See our product page for more.

Equipment includes:

  • Two-stage vacuum system, 10 Torr range
  • Tip off of apparatus and NMR tube samples, backfill also available
  • Annealing ovens to 1400 degrees Celsius

Available to Yale researchers & external researchers

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Directions

Sterling Chemistry Lab
225 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT

The front entrance faces Sloan Physics Lab. Go through the front door and foyer, then turn right, walk a short distance, turn left, go up a few steps, pass through the double doors and go down the hall. Room 14 is the last room on the right.

Video tutorials (embedded)

Standard taper joint tutorial

Stopcocks

Vacuum valves

Spherical and O-ring joints

Internal threads

Fritted discs

Unsticking joints

Contacts

Sterling Chemistry Lab, room 14
225 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT
Fax: 203-432-6144

Director

Faculty Director

Patrick Vaccaro, PhD Professor of Chemistry