Can I load 1N NaOH in cell culture plate? - 1N NaOH is strong alkaline, will it eat up the glass? (Jun/19/2008 )

Hi, just wan to know whether 1N NaOH ( a strong alkaline) can be loaded into cell culture plate (e.g. 6 well plate). Will it dissolved the glass materials of the culture plate? What about 2N NaOH?

Thanks.

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I'm presuming the solution will be in a glass bottle - I can't see that it would eat the plate.

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Oh....ya. It make sense. What about plastic materials (e.g. eppendoft tubes, plastic cell culture plates, petri dishes)?

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they tend to be even tougher

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Strong alkalis should be stored in plastic bottles for long periods, since they will etch glass bottles. But for short experiments, 1 M NaOH should be fine in almost any container.

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