Jun 01, 2005 · We use 3-to-150 mg/L COD digestion vials for our effluent tests and 20-to-1500 mg/L vials for our influent tests. After 3 mils of sample are added to a vial, the vial is capped and placed in the reactor to digest at 150°C for two hours,” he said. “After the vial is cooled, results are then read directly on our spectrophotometer.”