Tubes and Vials
Fisherbrand™ Easy Reader™ Conical Polypropylene Centrifuge Tubes
Imprinted clear black graduations ensure accurate readings.
Falcon 50mL Conical Centrifuge Tubes
Tested to withstand centrifugation of 16,000 RCF in a fully supported rotor with room temperature water. Corning™ Falcon 50mL Conical Centrifuge Tubes are ideal for cell centrifugation; pelleting; separation by density gradients.
Fisherbrand™ Glass Screw Neck Specimen Vials
Store specimens securely with squat or tall form glass vials. Fisherbrand™ Glass Screw Neck Specimen Vials are available in a variety of sizes. Fisherbrand™ polypropylene screw caps are sold separately.
Fisherbrand™ Borosilicate Glass Scintillation Vials, with White Polypropylene Caps
Use these general purpose vials with all common counters. Fisherbrand™ 20mL Borosilicate Glass Scintillation Vials with white polypropylene caps feature potassium-free glass composition which provides consistently low activity counts and excellent light transmission.
Fisherbrand™ Black Polypropylene Screw Caps for Glass Specimen Vials
Screw securely into place to seal squat or tall form glass screw neck specimen vials. Fisherbrand™ Black Polypropylene Screw Caps for Glass Specimen Vials are foil lined and available in sizes to fit a variety of tall or squat form vials.
Corning™ Centrifuge Tubes with CentriStar™ Cap
Features CentriStar™ caps with an easy-on/easy-off flat top and offers advanced ergonomics with wider knurls and roll-over edge design for easier gripping. Corning™ Centrifuge Tubes with CentriStar™ Caps leak-proof design comes with a revolutionary plug feature that virtually eliminates all seepage when used under recommended conditions.
Corning™ Polypropylene Centrifuge Tubes, Sterile
Manufactured from clear polypropylene for superior chemical resistance. Corning™ Polypropylene Centrifuge Tubes are an ideal solution for centrifuge needs.
Thermo Scientific™ Snap Cap Low Retention Microcentrifuge Tubes
Improve sample recovery by significantly reducing surface binding with these tubes that do not have additives or coatings.
Fisherbrand™ Externally and Internally Threaded Cryogenic Storage Vials
Choice of externally threaded vials with HDPE closures for aseptic technique, or internally threaded vials featuring polypropylene closures with silicone gasket for tight seal
Fisherbrand™ 0.2mL PCR Tubes
With integral “snap shut” cap
Falcon™ 15 mL Conical Centrifuge Tubes
Tested to withstand centrifugation of 12,000 RCF (polypropylene) or 1,800 RCF (polystyrene) in a fully supported rotor with room temperature water. Corning™ Falcon™ 15mL Conical Centrifuge Tubes are ideal for cell centrifugation; pelleting; separation by density gradients.
Corning™ Polypropylene Centrifuge Tubes, Sterile, 50mL Conical bottom tube; Max RCF: 15500xG; High-density polyethylene cap; No rack
Manufactured from clear polypropylene for superior chemical resistance. Corning™ Polypropylene Centrifuge Tubes are an ideal solution for centrifuge needs.
Thermo Scientific™ Nunc™ Biobanking and Cell Culture Cryogenic Tubes
Store samples from general cold storage to the vapor phase of liquid nitrogen with these biobanking and cell culture cryogenic tubes, available with either internal or external threads.
Fisherbrand™ Glass Screw Neck Specimen Bottles
Suitable for media, diagnostic, storage, display and sample collection applications. Fisherbrand™ Glass Screw Neck Specimen Bottles are manufactured from clear Type 1B neutral glass.
Thermo Scientific™ 20 mm Headspace Vials, Septum, and Caps
Headspace vials are available in clear or amber glass with a round or flat base, a crimp seal with a beveled or square edge finish, or with a screw-thread finish. Headspace vials, septum, and caps can be purchased in various quantities separately or together as convenience kits to fit your laboratory needs.
Fisherbrand™ 0.2mL PCR Tube Strips, Flat cap strips; Natural
Ideal for use in 0.2mL, 96-well V-bottom thermal cyclers
Invitrogen™ Nonstick, RNase-free Microfuge Tubes
Ambion™ microcentrifuge tubes have a non-stick, low-binding surface and are guaranteed RNase- and DNase-free.
Corning™ Polypropylene Centrifuge Tubes, Sterile
Manufactured from clear polypropylene for superior chemical resistance. Corning™ Polypropylene Centrifuge Tubes are an ideal solution for centrifuge needs.
Falcon™ Round-Bottom Polypropylene Test Tubes With Cap
Manufactured from polypropylene for excellent chemical and thermal resistance. Corning™ Falcon™Round-Bottom Polypropylene Tubes are tested to withstand 3000 x g centrifugation.
Thermo Scientific™ Nunc™ 15mL and 50mL Conical Sterile Polypropylene Centrifuge Tubes
These premium, high-quality conical tubes are environmentally friendly, and allow for increased traceability with the largest writing area on the market.
Fisherbrand™ Class B Amber Glass Threaded Vials with Attached Caps
Type I, Class B amber borosilicate glass
Thermo Scientific™ 9mm Clear Glass Screw Thread Vials
Nearly eliminate septa push-through and improve sealing with vials built with the innovative Advanced Vial Closure System (AVCS).
Falcon™ Round-Bottom Polystyrene Test Tubes
Constructed of optically clear polystyrene for easy viewing of sample. Corning™ Falcon™ Round-Bottom Polystyrene Tubes are widely used and referenced in laboratory protocols.
Fisherbrand™ Premium Microcentrifuge Tubes: 2.0mL
Flat-top snap caps provide a safe, liquid-tight, reliable seal even with prolonged boiling
Fisherbrand™ Type III Soda Lime Glass Specimen Vial
Use these dependable vials for small sample collection, analysis or storage. Fisherbrand™ Type III Soda Lime Glass Specimen Vials are ideal for a range of diagnostic, pharmaceutical and healthcare applications.
Thermo Scientific™ Nalgene™ General Long-Term Storage Cryogenic Tubes
Enhance aseptic techniques with these externally threaded general long-term storage cryogenic tubes, ideal for research and general lab storage.
Eppendorf™ Snap-Cap Microcentrifuge Flex-Tube™ Tubes
Choose from six colors, including amber for light-sensitive samples
Fisherbrand™ Clear Moulded Glass Vials, with Fitted Screw Caps
Suitable for the storage of pathology media. Fisherbrand™ Clear Moulded Glass Vials, with Fitted Screw Caps are manufactured from clear Type 1 neutral glass.
BD PAXgene™ Blood RNA Tube
Offers a convenient and closed system for the collection, storage and transportation of whole blood that requires intracellular RNA stabilization. BD Vacutainer™ PAXgene™ Blood RNA Tube is for in vitro diagnostic use and is CE-marked.
Fisherbrand™ Snap-on or Push-in Cap Glass Specimen Vials
Store and display specimens securely and easily. Fisherbrand™ Snap-on or Push-in Cap Glass Specimen Vials are available in a variety of sizes. Fisherbrand™ snap-on or screw-in polyethylene caps are sold separately.

Laboratory tubes and vials are essential items of glassware or plasticware found in most laboratories. They encompass a broad range of products ranging from general purpose testtubes through to centrifuge tubes, microtubes and vials.
Tubes and vials can be manufactured from glass for high heat and chemical resistance (soda lime and borosilicate) or plastics such as polypropylene, polystyrene or fluoropolymer. Amber or black materials are available for light-sensitive samples. Many are autoclavable and reusable, some are designed to be disposable and single-use only.
Tubes and vials are supplied in a range of heights, diameters, wall thicknesses, bottom shapes (round or flat), rim and closure styles in capacities from a few microlitres up to 25mL. Closures can be simple stoppers, screw-tops, push-tops, snap-tops or crimp-tops. Tubes and vials may be supplied sterile (especially for cell culture or microbiological applications) or non-sterile for more general laboratory use. They can also be graduated with write-on patches for labelling.
- Special centrifuge and microcentrifuge tubes are designed to withstand high centrifugal forces without rupturing
- Specialist tubes for molecular biology techniques are low-binding, DNase/RNase and protease free
- Speciality tubes for cryogenic storage (sometimes called ‘cryotubes’) can withstand long-term exposure to ultra-low temperatures
- Vials for HPLC and GC may be supplied with special septum seals
Applications are numerous. They include:
- General biological and chemical assays and tests
- Sample and specimen storage
- Teaching and demonstration
- Cell and microbial culture
- Specific analytical applications such as HPLC, GC and NMR and specialist biological techniques such as PCR