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High quality diamonds guarantee perfect sections and a durable cutting edge |
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Easy wetting cutting edge |
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Optimised serial sectioning |
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Large boat for easy pick-up |
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Wet sectioning of polymers (with DMSO/water mixture) |
Our histo cryo knives are delivered with a boat for wet sectioning using a DMSO/ water mixture or in triangular holders for dry sectioning.
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Size [mm] |
Thickness range [μm] |
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| histo | 45° | 4.0 6.0 8.0 |
0.2 – 5 | Standard histo boat | DH4540 DH4560 DH4580 |
• | Sectioning biological and industrial materials specimens for optical microscopy | |||||||||
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| histo Jumbo | 45° | 6.0 8.0 |
0.2 - 5 | histo Jumbo boat | DHJ4560 DHJ4580 |
• | Large boat for serial sectioning | |||||||||
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| histo cryo (dry) | 45° | 4.0 6.0 8.0 |
0.2 – 5 | Triangular histo holder | DHCO4540 DHCO4560 DHCO4580 |
• | Sectioning biological and materials specimens for optical microscopy | |||||||||
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| histo cryo (wet) | 45° | 4.0 6.0 8.0 |
0.2 – 5 | Small histo boat | DHCM4540 DHCM4560 DHCM4580 |
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These 45° knives are available in boats for wet cryosectioning or triangular holders for dry cryosectioning of histology specimens. Edge lengths of 4.0 and 6.0mm are available.
Cutting range: 0.2 - 5 µm.
When requesting a quote, please specify edge length, angle and type of boat required.
| Description | Unit |
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| DiATOME Histo Cryo Diamond Knife 4mm | EA |
| DiATOME Histo Cryo Diamond Knife 6mm | EA |
| Manufacturer | DiATOME Ltd |
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| Size / Rxns Number: | No |
| Protocol & Manual | https://www.diatome.ch/Messerprospekt_01_2015_EN_LowRes.pdf |
| Technical Tips | No |
