Santa Barbara, CA, December 6, 2013 – Cospheric LLC, a microsphere manufacturing and distributing company, expanded their line of density marker beads which now offers six different densities including 1.02 g/cc (fluorescent green), 1.04g/cc (fluorescent orange), 1.06g/cc (fluorescent violet), 1.08 g/cc (dark blue), 1.09 g/cc (fluorescent red), and 1.13g/cc (fluorescent blue). Cospheric Density Marker Beads are now provided at a 20% concentration in an aqueous solution in 2.5ml vials, which makes the spheres easier to work with for the customers. Microspheres of different densities can be purchased individually or as a density marker beads kit.
Microspheres of accurately known mass density are generally used as an external marker to facilitate the monitoring of the density gradient shape and range. Density marker beads enable excellent stratification and bright coloration for high visibility with the unaided eye. Historically density calibration beads in the size ranges of 212-250um or 250-300um are used. Unlike the discontinued density marker kits which used to be manufactured by GE Healthcare and sold by Sigma-Aldrich, Cospheric’s DMB density marker beads are ready for use right out of the vial, don’t need to be swollen, do not expire, and do not change density over time. Cospheric?s DMB microspheres will create Percoll gradients but will also work with any other centrifugation media. The colored microbeads may be recovered and stored for future use.
The density marker beads provide a rapid, simple, and accurate method for measuring the density. Generally a set of several such beads, covering a range of densities, is used. In the biomedical industry researchers are sometimes looking for cells having targeted specific gravities. In order to locate these cells in test tubes it is useful to have colored marker beads which will show where the delineation between specific densities occurs. Density marker beads are also used for calibrating particles in other industries, such as agriculture, microbiology and others.
About Cospheric LLC:
Cospheric LLC develops, manufactures, and distributes high-quality microspheres in sizes from 10 micron to 1000 micron (1mm). Cospheric specializes in polyethylene microspheres and carries a large stock of polyethylene microspheres in many colors, fluorescent, phosphorescent, neutrally-buoyant, and paramagnetic properties. Cospheric also offers a selection of soda-lime and borosilicate glass, silica, metal-coated, and titanium dioxide-coated spheres, some available in spacer grades with very tight particle size distributions. Cospheric LLC welcomes inquiries for custom manufacturing of microspheres tuned to each customer?s unique specifications. Cospheric is an eco-friendly company that uses only recyclable materials and no solvents in the manufacturing process. For more information, pricing and sample requests visit www.cospheric.com.
About Microspheres:
Microspheres or beads are spherical particles usually between 1 to 1000 microns in diameter and are manufactured for wide variety of uses in research, medicine, consumer goods, paints and coatings, adhesives, personal care, household products, cosmetics, skin care, and other industries.
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