Heating under inert atmosphere

Something like this is kind of what I was thinking. I've tried something similar before for a related experiment and had mixed results, I guess because displacing the air isn't that efficient.

I thought about the problem some more and think another option is to use our vacuum oven. Since vacuum is, in a way, an inert "atmosphere", and I have no solvent to worry about, so it may be easier than trying to displace the air with an inert gas.

Thanks for the ideas!

Can you get an oven in a glove box?

I think your best bet is a glove box if you can find access to one.

Do you have access to a glass or plastic screw top jar that the sample will fit in? 

If so:

• oven dry the jar
• cool it with a flow of dry inert gas into the top
• add sample still with a slow flow of gas into the top
• screw on lid
• put in an oven at 80°C

It might even work with a ziplok plastic bag?