Vials and closures to suit all application requirements and budgets
With a wide range of glass, closure and septa specifications our vials are available in an unbeatable range of vial sizes, including 20 mL, and are sourced from the world’s leading suppliers. If you need any help with vial selection our technical experts can help.
Chromatography vials are essential. We all use them, but take them for granted and overlook them as being sources of trouble.
2 mL Crimp Top Vials & Crimp Caps
Suitable for use in HPLC and GC instruments across a wide variety of applications.
2 mL Snap Top Vials & Snap Caps
Easy to apply and remove without the need for crimping or de-capping tools.
2 mL Snap Top Vials & Screw Caps
Wide opening 9mm screw vials and caps are a popular choice for HPLC and GC analysis..
Headspace Vials & Caps
Vials and caps for use in headspace instrument platforms.
Microvials & Vial Inserts
Choose from glass or polypropylene vial inserts, high recovery vials, or fixed insert vials.
Polypropylene Vials
Available in screw, crimp, or snap top versions in a range of volumes.
Storage Vials
Sample storage vials are available as clear or amber glass vials in volumes ranging from 2 to 40 mL.
EPA Vials
Designed for water analysis applications using EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) guidelines.
Scintillation Vials
Glass, HDPE or PET vials are available in various volume capacities and with separate or pre-attached caps
MS Certified Vial Kits
Tested and certified for low background for use in high sensitivity LC-MS and GC-MS applications.
Vial Crimpers & Decappers
Choose from manual or electronic versions for installing or removing standard 11 mm crimp caps, or 20 mm headspace crimp caps.
Vial Racks
Organise chromatography vials for use on the lab bench, during transport, or for storage.
Need advice on vial and cap selection?
As a Element customer, you have direct access to our elite technical team
Vials are simple, right? Wrong! Despite its diminutive appearance, the humble vial can be the source of countless lab problems. So it's important to get it right with the selection and implementation.
Some could argue that vials are the most important consumable. They're certainly the most widely bought, and anything that is bought in high quantity quickly adds up. So why not get in touch with our technical team to talk about all things vials and caps—these are things that we love to talk about.
Vials FAQs
Our technical team frequently encounter problems in the lab associated with vials. We put together this 10-minute video guide to troubleshooting the surprisingly common range of problems seen with this most humble of consumables.
And you probably thought vials couldn't possibly be an exciting topic of discussion! Think again.