[Histonet] Removing PMMA blocks from glass vials

[Pat Flannery]

OK, silly question time:  How do you get them out of *plastic* vials?   
I've always used the glass scint vials,too. Doesn't the PMMA melt  
plastic vials (or stick too well to them)?

-Pat Flannery
  Duke Med

On Apr 3, 2009, at 2:00 PM, "Monfils, Paul" <PMonfils <@t> Lifespan.org>  
wrote:

> Someone gave me some small PMMA blocks polymerized inside glass  
> scintillation vials.  I always use plastic vials.  Obviously the  
> vials have to be broken to get the blocks out.  Does anyone have  
> some advice on the best way to do this?  The guy who brought them  
> said he thought I could "use liquid nitrogen", but had no  
> specifics.  Any help will be appreciated.
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