A new, properly made molecular trap or "trap pak", when added to a bottle of solvent, should NOT immediately sink. They should float... If this happens, the trap is made from the wrong type of membran…

I have been in the Oligo Synthesis industry for almost 27 years.  One of my first jobs was water testing the original "Trap Pak" back in 1998 at Genosys Biotechnologies.  I have more tribal…

Zeolites, by definition, can be natural or synthetic, but they are always crystalline aluminosilicates.  Zeolites contain definitive porous structures made of uniform pore sizes.  These pore…

Simply stated, tubing is porous and readily absorbs moisture from the air.  Depending on the type of tubing on your synthesizer, and the length of each line, a regular bottle of solvent can absor…