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Temperature Data Logger - Safely Monitor Your Vaccine Fridge
With LabDirect's EL-USB-1 data logger, monitoring the temperature inside your vaccine pharmacy fridge has never been easier.
This small light weight logger is low cost and very simple to use - set your logging rate via the USB interface, place the logger inside your fridge, then when done plug the logger back into your PC to download the data. Simple.
The EL-USB-1 data logger measures and stores up to 16,382 temperature
readings from a temperature of -35°C to +80°C. Users can easily
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31st Jul 2020
Virtual Wine Tasting: Screw Cap Containers for Wine Sample Delivery
LabDirect's 70ml sterile sample containers are the perfect option for Australian winemakers and sellers to reach wine lovers at home. The 70ml containers are made from plastic polypropylene so they are light weight, durable and don't crack or break easily during transport. These containers also have leak-proof qualities to ensure wine samples arrive without any mess.Specifications on the 70ml sterile screw cap containers:
Dimensions are 44 x 57 mmMaterial is PolypropyleneFeatures
Clean room ma
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23rd Jul 2020
UV Meter - Monitor Critical UV Radiation (250-400 nm) With this Handheld Meter
LightScout UV Meter
Monitor critical UV radiation (250-400 nm) with this handheld meter Determine UV filtering capacity of greenhouse shades and glass barriers Range is 0-200.0 µmolm-2s-1 (full sunlight)Plants can suffer from sunburn exposure to radiation in the mid-ultraviolet part of the electromagnetic spectrum (UV-B) triggers stress responses, inhibition of photosynthesis and DNA damage. As an initial defence, plants produce and accumulate UV-B-absorbing chemical sunscreens, such as flavono
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17th Jul 2020
New: Thermoline's Australian Made Glassware Drying Ovens
Our Design and Engineering team have been busy at work designing and manufacturing our new range of Laboratory Glassware Drying ovens. These ovens are available in three sizes which are, our TGD-150F 150 litre capacity, TGD-210F 210 litre capacity and the TGD-330F 330 litre capacity.
The new TGD Glassware range of ovens are perfect for drying clean glassware after being washed. The ovens are limited to a temperature of 80°C and have horizontal airflow to ensure that the heated ai
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10th Jul 2020
Advice: Choosing Between pH Strips or pH Meters
pH Strips
pH strips allow you to test the acidity of a particular liquid. pH strips measure on a scale of 14 where seven is neutral. Lower numbers are increasingly acidic, while higher numbers are increasingly alkaline (or basic). Water, being a neutral liquid, should register a seven.
Compare the colour of the strip to the chart provided with the strips. Acids are represented with warmer colours (red, orange, etc) while alkalines are represented with cooler colors (blue, green, etc).
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3rd Jun 2020