Substitute for Corex tubes?

[bgreuel at jbu.edu]

The application is for pelleting plasmid DNA from a large-scale prep
following an ethanol precipitation.  Actually, I found that Kimble
makes 30 ml glass centrifuge tubes that seem to be comparable to the
old Corex tubes.  They are available from Fisher Scientific.

Thanks,

Brian


Nick Theodorakis wrote:
> bgreuel at jbu.edu wrote:
> > Apparently the 30 ml glass Corex tubes have not been available for
> > several years now.  What other brands of glass centrifuge tubes are
> > good substitutes for these tubes and where have you purchased them?
>
> What is your application?
>
> I have found that for spinning down RNA from a large volume that I can
> get by with using 50 ml conical disposable tubes and using a longer
> time to compensate for the lower maximum speed.
>
> Nick
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