Equipment Listing: Biomaterials Preparation and Histology
Power head Polisher/Grinder(x2)
Automatic polisher/grinder with mountable plate for multiple specimens.
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Buehler Thin Sectioning
Buehler Isomet Low Speed and Isomet 1000 Precision Saws are available for the production of thin sections, principally of plastic embedded mineralized tissues (the mineral intact). Accessories provide for optimum performance of these instruments in various embedded and unembedded hard tissue applications.
Buehler grinding and polishing
and preparation
The Buehler Ecomet 3 Variable Speed Grinder-Polisher and Metaserv 250 Grinder-Polisher are employed in the production of surface topographies on embedded blocks and their ground thin sections of 1µm and less.
Exakt Thin Sectioning System
An EXAKT 300 CP Band System, automated Grinding System, and Light Polymerization Unit facilitate rapid, semi-automated, routine histology for the production of specified section thicknesses of plastic embedded mineralized tissues (the mineral intact).
Leica SM2500E Microtome and SP2600 Ultramiller
This "sledge" microtome is designed for the production of very thin sections (e.g., 5-10 µm) of plastic embedded mineralized tissues. The SP2600 Ultramiller attachment produces topography free surfaces of embedded tissue blocks for examination by backscattered electron microscopy and X-ray microanalysis.
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433 First Avenue, Room 822
New York, NY 10010