Re: coverslips for cell culture

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Dear Kurt,
 
I suspect Menzel and Assistent  (Hecht) are the only manufacturers of coverslip glass. I suspect other companies buy the glass, perhaps cut it, and rebrand it.  This is certainly what Lomb in Australia do, they are quite open about it. If there are other manufacturers of coverslip glass I'd be happy to be corrected. So if you buy from a particular company or supplier, I suspect is is probably Menzel or Assistent glass anyway, and you need to put a little pressure on your supplier to contact their manufacturer and order the correct thickness.
 
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Stephen H. Cody
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Subject: Re: coverslips for cell culture



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Does anyone know of a US source for these?  When I this came up earlier
on the list I did some searching for a US distributor but came up empty
handed.  I agree that if you can get these it would be a big improvement
on using #1.5 coverslips.

Kurt
> Both Menzel and Assistent (Hecht Glaswarenfabrik [Thanks Beat]) sell a better standard thickness for confocal microscopy it is called:
> "170 +/- 0.01mm"
>

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