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Description

DESCRPTION

Microscope slides for in vitro diagnostic applications are manufactured acc. to DIN ISO 8037-1 standard and designed for single use by professionals. The slides are used mainly for microscopic investigation of tissue sections and cells from suspensions, preparation of specimens and their archiving.

Marienfeld Superior microscope slides are well wettable and clean. They are manufactured to exact size and, therefore, well suitable for application in automatic machinery.

Material

Our microscope slides are made of soda lime glass of third hydrolytic class with thickness of approx. 1 mm. This glass fulfills all relevant optical requirements for light microscopy. Its composition and physical properties (technical datasheet) can be downloaded here: Material data sheet for microscope slides

Surfaces

Our slides are cleaned thoroughly by multi-stage processes without using any surfactants. Thus we accomplish ready for use, pre-cleaned, well wettable slides‘ surfaces. They preserve adhering cells and are well suited for smears of cell suspensions.

Slides’ edges:

All grinding and polishing processes are always carried out water-cooled. The supreme quality of our edges is unmatched.
For different applications we offer different types of edges:

Cut edges are suitable for routine applications, when risks of infections do not exist and the economical aspect is of major importance
Finely ground edges with 90º shape. We apply water-cooled grinding processes which results in remarkably smooth and burr-free edges. When handling infectious materials we strongly recommend using this type of slides for increased safety.
Finely ground edges with 90º shape and 4 ground corners chamfered at 45°. These slides additionally reduce the risk of cuts. Some types of automatic machinery and printers require the clipped corners.

Marking areas

Our silky frosted marking area is suitable for a fine and contrasty writing with pencil. It has a width of approx. 20 mm by standard – other widths can be produced on request. Our twin-frosted slides (at one end, on both sides) can be used from either side without the necessity of searching the surface that bears the frosted area.
Our printed marking area in white colour or light pastel shades accepts notes by most types of printers and written with permanent markers (e.g. laboratory marker Cat. No. 6130603). The thin layer of the marking area prevents the slides from sticking together and enables using them on automated systems