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Could you please confirm the material identity on batches moving forward?




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Silicone is not good and it's useless anyway without a PTFE coating.

Butyl stopper is fine for not super long term storage.
 
Just wondering cause normally ships in the us… now from china so confused a little. Thanks
It’s an international order, right? If you enter your tracking number into parcelsapp.com you might be provided a different USPS tracking number called Last Mile Tracking. If the only number you were provided is the USPS # you can manually add it to Informed Delivery.
 
Silicone is not good and it's useless anyway without a PTFE coating.

Butyl stopper is fine for not super long term storage.
I have used silicone stoppers for years and have never detected a problem with them deteriorating. That is not to say it’s not happening, but I have not Visually seen any deterioration. When googling it, I don’t see anything about BA or BB causing any issues. I am not saying it does not happen somehow but I can’t seem to find documentation saying not to use it.
 
Benzyl Benzoate turns silicone to goo and causes chemicals to leech into the solution making it unsuitable.

PTFE coated bromo or chloro butyl rubber is the ultimate non-reactive stopper, especially for long term storage.

Silicone is not good and it's useless anyway without a PTFE coating.
Was interested in Tracy's thoughts. I had thought they were common for lyo vials.

I have used silicone stoppers for years and have never detected a problem with them deteriorating. That is not to say it’s not happening, but I have not Visually seen any deterioration.


To Ghoul's point. See benzol and benzyl group entries above.

 
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Was interested in Tracy's thoughts. I had thought they were common for lyo vials.




To Ghoul's point. See benzol and benzyl group entries above.


Shows BB in the worst category of silicone compatibility here as well:

 
Shows BB in the worst category of silicone compatibility here as well:

Are you all referring to stoppers deteriorating from a bunch of stabs? Or rotting over time?
 
Shows BB in the worst category of silicone compatibility here as well:

Thanks for the info. Looks like I am going to changing out stoppers. I wonder why I’ve never seen damage. If I can find an old vial, I am going to take some photos to compare a year old stopper to a new one visually. Would this apply to <20% BB as well as 100% BB which is what I assume they tested it with.
 
Thanks for the info. Looks like I am going to changing out stoppers. I wonder why I’ve never seen damage. If I can find an old vial, I am going to take some photos to compare a year old stopper to a new one visually. Would this apply to <20% BB as well as 100% BB which is what I assume they tested it with.

I'm sure 20% will have an effect, how quickly who can say. You'd have to analyze the gear to determine what and how much leeched into it.

Obviously the longer the time, the more will migrate into the oil.

The chemical being extracted is polydimethylsiloxane, PDMS.

PDMS isn't particularly toxic orally.

PDMS is mildly toxic subcutaneously, and appears to build up in place, since the body has no means to break it down or flush it out.

PDMS that reaches the circulatory system is toxic and can be fatal in high doses.

The max acceptable limit for injectables is 93ug/day or about 1/10ml / day. That seems like a lot, but I'd rather keep it out entirely.


 

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