Autoclavable

A word our own archetype uses

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What the archetype says Which is the right requirement for a laboratory And our data does not record it So we will not say a container is autoclavable What we can say about the materials Which is awkward, because the archetype names HDPE And the shelf has 13 PP containers The 130 glass containers are the better answer But a closure is not glass So ask the manufacturer, with the whole assembly named References

We cannot answer our own requirement. Said here rather than left to be discovered.

What the archetype says

ind-lab, 10 to 1,000 mL, narrow mouth, glass and HDPE, with the stated reason "reagent or sample. Autoclavability and chemical resistance."

Which is the right requirement for a laboratory

A vessel that holds a sample and then gets sterilized is a real category and autoclavability is the property that defines it. The archetype is not wrong about the need.

And our data does not record it

No field in this catalog says whether a container tolerates an autoclave cycle. We hold material, capacity, neck finish and dimensions, and not this.

So we will not say a container is autoclavable

Not for any product on this shelf. Inferring it from the material name would be exactly the kind of invented value this catalog exists to avoid.

What we can say about the materials

Glass is generally autoclavable. Polypropylene is the polyolefin normally specified where an autoclave cycle is required. HDPE is not the material chosen for that duty.

Which is awkward, because the archetype names HDPE

Glass and HDPE are its two materials, and only one of them is a candidate for the stated requirement. That is a pipeline inconsistency rather than a catalog shortage.

And the shelf has 13 PP containers

Out of 414. If autoclavability is genuinely the requirement, 13 is the honest size of the relevant shelf, and the 154 HDPE containers are not it.

The 130 glass containers are the better answer

78 of them Boston rounds and 21 straight sided jars. Inert, inspectable, and the traditional vessel for exactly this duty.

But a closure is not glass

A glass bottle with a phenolic or polypropylene cap is a system, and the cap and the liner decide whether the assembly survives a cycle. 14 phenolic closures here, and the liner is unrecorded.

So ask the manufacturer, with the whole assembly named

Bottle, closure and liner, and the cycle you intend to run. That is a question with an answer, and it is not one this catalog can give.

References

The archetype behind this shelf is ind-lab: 10 to 1,000 mL, narrow mouth, glass and HDPE, cold fill, thin, aqueous, with no dispensing requirement and child resistance recorded as not required. Its stated reason is "reagent or sample. Autoclavability and chemical resistance." Our catalog does not record autoclavability for any product, and of the two materials named only glass is generally autoclavable.

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 18 October 2026. The classroom and home lab shelf is 987 rows: 414 containers and 573 closures. 5 mL to 946 mL with a median of 120; 71 containers at 30 mL or under, 211 at 120 or under, 335 at a pint or under. 154 HDPE, 130 glass, 117 PET, 13 PP. 259 bottles, 150 jars, 3 jugs, 2 tubes. 109 white, 105 clear, 57 natural, 54 amber. Closures: 373 continuous thread, 44 child resistant, 32 dropper assemblies, 27 dome lids, 27 spouted, 19 flip top, 14 phenolic, 10 liners and sealing discs, 9 specialty, 7 buttress, 3 dropper tips and caps, 3 euro droppers.

Written from 29 CFR 1910.1048 and from the catalog as it stood on 18 October 2026. No autoclave cycle is quoted and no container is described as autoclavable, because our data does not record it. School district and state rules on classroom chemicals exist, vary, and are not summarized here.