Lab Supplies

Modern agricultural testing equipment checks critical metrics such as soil properties and moisture in grain. Handheld or bench grain moisture testers help prevent over- or under-drying a harvest. Soil compaction testers help ensure conditions are right for rapid root growth.

Chemical supplies and equipment are used to perform accurate experiments and testing. Lab chemicals include buffers, acids, bases, solvents and reagents.

Lab diagnostics equipment helps maintain a high level of accuracy in lab testing. Lab diagnostic supplies include detection reagents, dyes and stains, purified antigens, primary antibodies and cell research equipment. Cell research equipment is used for electroporation, which uses electrical pulses to allow the addition of molecules to a host cell, and electrofusion, which merges cells with electrical current. Detection reagents assist in detecting and quantifying antibody-antigen reactions. Drug and alcohol test kits help companies, healthcare organizations, and law enforcement agencies detect substance abuse.

Lab equipment is used to test, analyze, sterilize, and preserve materials in professional laboratory environments. Autoclaves and sterilizers, ultrasonic cleaners, and labware washers clean instruments, parts, and equipment to help reduce contamination during experiments. Overhead mixers and lab shakers mix and blend substances, while centrifuges use centrifugal force to separate substances. Environmental chambers and laboratory desiccators store samples and items in controlled environments to protect against contamination.

Fume hoods help clear the air of chemical fumes and toxic gases in academic and professional laboratory environments. Ducted fume hoods remove chemical fumes to help eliminate the risk of exposure. Ductless fume hoods are available with or without filters for use with acid gases and particulates. Fume-hood filters can adsorb organic, formaldehyde, acid gas, sulfur compounds, and ammonia chemical fumes and vapors to help protect lab personnel from dangerous airborne toxins. Fume hood cabinets help prevent the escape of harmful fumes and odors that can be dangerous if inhaled by lab workers.

Laboratory instruments help conduct reliable tests. Pipettes and pipetters dispense specific amounts of liquid to ensure accurate volume measurements. Viscometers measure the viscosity of fluids. Refractometers measure the specific gravity of liquids. Gas analyzers measure the concentration of various gas emissions. Polarimeters measure angle rotations of polarized light. Films and seals are added to labware to protect samples and prevent evaporation. Lab aspirator pumps help to safely dispose of dangerous pathogens, critical liquids, and any class III or IV biohazard in a self-contained waste collection system. Lab Penetrometers measure the density of items such as food and pharmaceutical products, or soil in agriculture and geology.

Lab storage and transport supplies help keep labs organized. Storage bins secure glass pipettes, syringes, bottles, gloves and other necessary lab supplies. Lab coolers or transfer containers safely transport delicate specimens. Racks safely store hazardous material while users are working..

Labware is used to transport and store material safely in laboratory settings. Beakers are used for stirring, mixing, or heating liquids in a laboratory. They generally include a lip for pouring. Graduated cylinders have graduations to measure the volume of a liquid. They are more narrow and taller than beakers for greater measuring accuracy. Burets are used to measure and dispense exact amounts of liquids, including chemical solutions. Cuvettes are small, transparent tubes with specific optical properties for spectroscopic experiments. Flasks have wider bottoms and narrower necks or tops. Carboys, jerricans, and jugs can store large volumes of liquids or solvents. Mortar and pestle sets are used to manually crush and grind solids into fine powders. Lab funnels are cone-shaped tubes that direct liquids or powders into containers with narrow openings. Lab trays and pans store materials and contain small spills. They are durable and chemical-resistant.

Microbiology supplies and molecular biology supplies are used in laboratory or production facilities. Bacterial growth culture media is used for the cultivation of E.coli and other bacteria. Molecular biology reagents perform fast, reliable extraction and purification for DNA, protein, and cell cultures. Molecular biology research antibiotics are used to prepare gels for gel electrophoresis techniques. Plant biology biochemicals are used for applications specific to plant cell cultures, auxins, growth regulators, and nutrients. Protease inhibitors help prevent the degradation of target proteins. Scintillation cocktails are used for alpha and beta detection, or radioactive measurement.

Physical test equipment tests and measures soil, rock, and other ground samples. Physical vane shear test kits help determine the shear strength value of cohesive soils. Measure the shear strength of trenches or excavations and the end of thin walls or split spoon samples in test pits. Polishing test cloths ensure samples are ready for preparation.

Soil testing equipment is used in farming, construction, and civil engineering projects. Compaction and density gauges are used to determine the compaction of soil in road building and construction of foundations of buildings. Dredges take samples from the bottoms of lakes, rivers, ponds, or tanks. Moisture testers measure the amount of moisture in soil. Soil auger kits drill holes in soil. Soil core sampling kits capture soil samples for lab testing. Soil gas/vapor probe kits take gas and vapor samples form soil. Soil grinders are used in place of a soil mortar and pestle to prepare soil samples to designated particle size. Soil testers are used for measuring soil fertility and chemical content. Soil testing penetrometers measure the amount of force needed to push a rod through soil. Soil testing probes check soil for pipes and take soil samples at shallow depths. Water level testers help determine water levels in environmental and industrial applications.

Water testing equipment and meters measure water quality in both professional and academic environments. Calibration solutions, such as buffer solutions, help keep pH constant when running biochemical assays. Chemical process controllers treat batches of incoming process water, rinse water treatment, recirculating system and wastewater treatment. Colorimeters test concentration levels of chemicals and heavy metals. Conductivity meters help measure the capacity of ions to carry electrical currents in an aqueous solution. Dissolved oxygen meters help measure the amount of gaseous oxygen in water. Electrodes and probes test water in the lab or the field for ions, solvents, pH, heavy metals, and sulfites. Hydrometers help determine standard parameters and a variety of special applications for a wide range of liquids. ORP meters measure the cleanliness of water and its ability to break down contaminants. Salinity meters measure the amount of alkali metal salts or magnesium salts in aquaculture, aquariums, fish