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The HVP-50 autoclave, with a 50-L chamber, is a self-contained, portable floor model mounted on caster wheels.  It occupies minimum floor space, operates at 120V, and can fit conveniently into many locations in the laboratory.

Its many uses include the sterilization and drying of glassware and pipette tips, and the sterilization of wastes and liquids such as agar and media.

The HVP-50 model can accommodate a 10-L fermenter, a 15-L carboy, a 19” x 24” biohazard bag, six 1-L flasks, twenty-one 500-mL bottles, or one hundred eighty 20-mm test tubes.

ICP-OES spectrometers, also known as ICP-AES or ICP plasma spectrometers, have become an indispensable tool for chemical elemental analysis. Optical emission spectrometers with inductively coupled plasma (ICP plasma) excitation sources offer ease of use, high sensitivity and precision and relative freedom from interferences. ICP-OES systems have now become the analytical method of choice for a wide range of applications.

An Nd:YAG laser is a solid state laser capable of producing a near-infrared wavelength that penetrates deep into the skin and is readily absorbed by hemoglobin and melanin chromophores. The lasing medium of Nd:YAG (Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet) is a man-made crystal (solid state) that is pumped by a high intensity lamp and placed into a resonator (a cavity capable of amplifying the power of the laser).

Fast-gated Intensified CCD (ICCD) cameras, Andor redefines the standard of rapid, ns time-resolved Imaging and Spectroscopy with the introduction of the iStar ICCD camera family.
iStar ICCD cameras extract CCD sensor and gated image intensifier technologies, achieving a combination of rapid acquisitions rates and ultra-high Sensitivity down to single photon. Exceptional detection performances are accessed through high Quantum-Efficiency Image intensifiers, Thermo-Electric cooling to -40°C, 500 kHz photocathode gating rates and enhanced intensifier EBI noise reduction.