FDA grade silicone rubber flat embedding moulds with a choice of cavities. Blue silicone rubber mould with 24 + 3 numbered cavities. It contains three special cavities for multiple specimen embedding.
Plain glass microscope slides that are used to hold a specimen, for examining under the microscope. All the slides are pre-washed, polished and have fine ground edges. Choose the size you require from the dropdown menu:
Circular Glass Coverglasses manufactured from optical quality borosilicate to the highest standards. Available in thicknesses: 0, 1, 1½ and 2. Allows coverage of microscope samples, which can also protect the objective lens of the microscope against any unwanted transfer from the sample being observed. Students should be warned of their delicate nature.
High quality replacement cartridge filaments for Hitachi (Box of 10)
The Rapid-Core is a new multi-purpose sampling tool, designed with a retractable cutting cannula. This useful tool is designed to core, punch and retrieve samples from thin or soft substrate source materials such as skin, tissue, gels, paper, cloth, leaves, paint chips, films or other thin, soft substrates. The Rapid-Core is recommended as a special DNA sampling tool and is ideal for forensic and laboratory sampling purposes. Choose the model you desire from the dropdown menu:
Negatively stained catalase crystals show lattice plane spacings of approximately 8.75nm and 6.85nm very clearly (using TEM and STEM). They are valuable for high magnification calibration.
Evaporation of braided carbon fibre gives a very reproducible film thickness. Carbon Fibre 0.7g/m 1.0mm dia x 1m Length. Other types available, choose from the drodown menu.
Copper Mini Pin Stub for Cryo for ZEISS/LEO with 6.25mm, shorter pin, Head 6.6 x 1.2mm (Pk 100). Mini pin stubs are ideal for small samples, or parts which need to be examined individually.
Epoxy resins for the preparation and sectioning of specimens for TEM. 100 resin replaces Epon 812 resin, now unobtainable. The formulation of 100 resin is the same as Epon, but is less viscous than many samples of Epon 812 and is more closely controlled in its manufacture. Epoxide equivalent between 148 and 150. Choose your size from the dropdown menu:
Keep your SEM up and running with our new SEM consumables kit. The FEI Consumables Kit contains a tailored set of parts carefully chosen specifically for FEI SEMs.
A high quality, very electrically conductive carbon adhesive tape with a thin aluminium foil (30µm) core suitable for SEM or EDX applications. (8mm width, 20m reel)
These are softer (graphite type) carbon rods, 55mm long, pre-shaped and for use with Sputter coaters. Impurities <5 ppm. Thickness can be easily controlled between 1 to 50nm from a single rod.
Rectangle Glass coverglasses manufactured from optical quality borosilicate to the highest standards. Available in thicknesses: 00 and 1. They are optically clean and ready to use.
These are Spectographically Pure Carbon Rods for vaccum coating. Choose your size from the dropdown menu.
Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite (HOPG) ZYA grade sample assembly
Graphene layers of 4 optional thicknesses (1, 2, 3 - 5 or 6 - 8 layers) of CVD graphene on TEM grids. Available on other grid types, please enquire. Supplied in a pack of 6.
Highly electrically conductive carbon adhesive tabs with a thin aluminium foil (30µm) core suitable for SEM or EDX applications. Choose your desired type from the dropdown menu:
Methylene Blue is used to stain animal stains to make the mitochondria more visible. It can also be used to stain a variety of bacteria and leukocytes. 25g.
Single hole TEM support grids. 3.05mm diameter. These grids are useful to support thin sections of speciments in transmission electron microscopes.
Square Glass coverglasses manufactured from optical quality borosilicate to the highest standards. They come in 1, 1.5 & 2 thickness. These square coverglasses are very versatile and widely used for general microscopy, including histology, cytology, and microbiology. Choose which size and thickness you require from the dropdown menu:
SEM Pin Stub 25.4mm diameter with 9.5mm pin height.
A single silicon test specimen made of single crystal silicon of overall dimensions 5 x 5mm and is 0.5mm thick.
UA-Zero® EM Stain is a trouble-free solution developed as a direct substitute for Uranyl Acetate. UA-Zero does not contain any radioactive material and is non-toxic. It can be used as a direct replacement for Uranyl Acetate with no changes to standard user protocols and delivers high contrast imaging. It is is a mixture of lanthanum, samarium and gadolinium salts.
The genuine replacement for DAG 915, used widely in electron microscopy and electronic circuitry for capacitor terminations, electrostatic screening, coating of UHF reflectors and electroplating on non-conductors.
Cellulose acetate replicating tapes soften in acetone and can be applied to a surface which has been wetted with acetone. They are stripped off when dry. A thickness of 22µm is used for finer detail replication. Replicating Tape (50um, 38mm x 1.1m)
The simplicity of application and smooth, clean surfaces of PELCO Tabs™ Carbon Conductive Tabs are a significant improvement compared to many of the other common adhesives that have been used in SEM mounting. (Pack of 112)
Optical Lens Tissue is a high quality optical lens tissue for lenses, optical instruments, electron microscopy and similar applications.
Leit C is a suspension of very fine conducting carbon particles in a volatile carrier, suitable for forming conducting bonds between specimens and stubs. A range of Leit-C products are available, choose the product you require from the dropdown menu.
Kimball Physics single crystal lanthanum hexaboride (LaB6) cathodes are available for most makes of electron microscopes and other electron beam instruments. For use in:
High quality replacement cartridge filaments for Hitachi (Box of 10)
SEM Specimen Stubs for LEO/CAMBRIDGE, FEI/PHILIPS, CAMSCAN, TESCAN, ZEISS instruments.
25.4mm x 6mm pin height; Shorter pin for all Zeiss/LEO 1500 SEM, FESEM & FIB systems.
Ultra-thin carbon support film, 3nm are available on a lacey carbon support film.
400 mesh 3.05mm dia copper grid. Sold in a pack of 25.
A test specimen with molybdenum trioxide crystals on a carbon film is good for the calibration of the image-diffraction rotation angle in TEM and STEM mode. Molybdenum trioxide is pseudo-orthorhombic (lattice parameters a 0.397nm, b 1.385nm and c 0.370nm). From a double-exposure, or the overlaying of an image and diffraction pattern, the rotation angle can be established.
High quality magnetic stainless steel (alloy 430) discs for Atomic Force Microscopy. They measure 20mm and come in a 50 pack.
High Purity Aluminium pin stubs that come in a pack of 100. 12.5mm dia, pin length 8mm, pin diameter 3.2mm.
PELCO® Plast Support Putty for Microscopy, Blue, 113gm. This plastic putty is a bit like plasticine and is used to help position samples of an awkward shape in microscopy applications.
A temperature sensitive adhesive which may be applied to a heated stub to yield a sticky surface for holding specimens. It dries to a very smooth surface with little inherent structure. 15g.
A highly conductive silver paint with an acrylic binder. The fast drying silver paint forms a thin, highly conductive and flexible layer. Ideally suited to form conductive paths or conductive bonding for SEM sample preparation.
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