Sociedade Brasileira de Química, Química Nova, 9(35), p. 1870-1871
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-40422012000900029
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Several organic chemistry labs in Brazil suffers from the absence of a safe method to extrude sodium wire, used to obtain anhydrous solvents such as THF or ethyl ether. This technical note presents the assembly instructions for a sodium wire press, similar to the one that has been used for the past four years in our laboratory without any maintenance.