With every growing price increase in South Africa, whether it is on fuel or food, it is useful to know that the CondenSyn air condenser will save you money on water.

The average rate of water used in a typical laboratory water condenser is 2 litres per minute and with the cost of R32,65 (approximately) per kilo litre in South Africa, it can be costly to run. Every 1 kilo litre equals 1000 litres so you may be spending around R100 for just one condenser running for 5 hours a day over just one week. How many condensers do you run in your lab? It’s food for thought… Another downfall of spiralling water costs is that it can differ in each South African province so, depending on where your lab is, you might pay a lot more than other provinces and have far higher costs than the examples mentioned here.

To combat rising costs and water shortages many chemistry labs are changing to waterless condensers. By not using water there is a vast reduction on water costs and, of course, on the impact it has on our environment – most significantly, this is without negatively affecting your chemistry.
This brings us to why you should switch to the Asynt CondenSyn Waterless Air Condenser. The performance is equivalent to a Leibig type condenser which uses tap water, but the CondenSyn is a unique glass condenser requiring no cooling water for operation.

Worldwide laboratory experts, Asynt, have used their extensive knowledge and experience to design and manufacture a high surface area air condenser by using a unique glass forming technique which makes this product robust and highly effective. With no water usage, you have no issue of water leakage and potential flooding of the product or laboratory which can happen with fluctuations in water pressure or ill-fitting tube connections for example.
The CondenSyn has a tidy setup, gives you clear visibility of reflux and is easy to clean. It is also suitable to use under vacuum and is designed to integrate into multiple systems and applications with fittings to suit, including a special adapter for those wishing to carry out distillations. The CondenSyn is considerably less costly than other available systems and is available for purchase locally from United Scientific.

Dr Dr Tlabo Leboho, a researcher at the University of Limpopo, SA, and his colleagues who have been using the CondenSyn in their lab for several years, commented “the waterless condensers save us significant amounts of water – we use these whenever we carry out reactions that require refluxing and are so glad that we made the change”.

It is time to make the switch.  Talk to us today about how much simpler the CondenSyn could make life in your laboratory and how much you will save.