We purchase Scienceware Coplin staining jars (Mfr. No F442080000). They are
break-resistant polypropylene.  We use them in the pressure cooker and they
stand up very well.  We have had breakage with the glass Coplin jars.

Jennifer MacDonald
San Antonio Community Hospital
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> From: 	Ronald L. Salisbury[SMTP:ronald2@uakron.edu]
> Sent: 	Friday, January 21, 2000 7:32 AM
> To: 	'histonet@pathology.swmed.edu'
> Subject: 	Coplin jars
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> Does anyone make Coplin jars that withstand high temperatures? The  jars
> we currently use for heat retreival of antigens tend to soften.
> Ronald L. Salisbury. PhD
> Department of Biology
> The University of Akron
> Akron, OH 44325-3908
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> Phone: 330-972-7155
> FAX: 330-972-8445
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