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Will Quartz react with the sodium at high temperatures? We would like to be able to heat up to 350 or 400 C. Can Pyrex handle that?

Suppose we have a very small V shaped tube-like vessel that is closed at the bottom (see attached picture). Question 1: If a drop of liquid enters the vessel from the top, what determines the stopping point of the drop (i.e. at what point is the force of gravity countered and the drop...

Thanks for the input. I was thinking glass because we need to be able to observe the experiment, but you're right, oxides are not a good idea. Would quartz be OK? Also thanks for the direction on sealed tube experiments...that led to some good research...

I need to test a system for liquid sodium wicking under high temperatures. The setup is as follows: Solid sodium pellets are placed in a tube which is then purged of oxygen (replaced with Argon). The tube is sealed and then heated to 300-400 degrees Celsius and agitated with a shaking...

I need to test a system for liquid sodium wicking under high temperatures. The setup is as follows: Solid sodium pellets are placed in a tube which is then purged of oxygen (replaced with Argon). The tube is sealed and then heated to 300-400 degrees Celsius and agitated with a shaking...

I need to test a sodium wicking system in high temperature and agitated conditions. The experiment setup seems like it is going to be pretty complicated, however, and I need some direction on where I might get a glass set-up that I could modify. The set-up is as follows: Solid sodium pellets...