Materials Products & Reviews

The Specac Manual Hydraulic Press is available in 15 and 25 ton load configurations for a wide variety of laboratory pressing applications. It is ideally suited to the manufacture of KBr pellets for FTIR spectroscopy as well as sample pellets and targets for other spectroscopic techniques such as XRF, Terahertz, and laser ablation spectroscopy.

Specac’s Gateway™ ATR Accessory Kit is an economical multi-reflection horizontal ZnSe ATR accessory. With high-performance transfer optics and anti-reflection coated ZnSe crystals as standard, high optical throughput is achieved to facilitate an excellent standard of FTIR ATR spectral data. The Gateway™ ATR Accessory Kit consists of: an optical unit; a trough top-plate with a 45° angle ZnSe crystal; a flat top-plate with a…

The Specac flagship Autotouch Press is designed for high volume laboratory sample preparation for XRF and other elemental analysis techniques, capable of pressing a single sample in under two minutes when augmented with the Apex automated die system.

The constant thickness film maker accessory is ideal for the preparation of reproducible thickness polymer films. The films produced are 29mm in diameter and can be varied in thickness by using a set spacing ring. The accessory is designed to be used with the Atlas Heated Platens which allows for a maximum temperature of 300°C, and is compatible with Specac's range of Atlas Manual, Power, and Automatic Presses.

Record high-quality ATR spectra of liquid, solid powdered samples at temperatures up to 200 °C with the Heated Golden Gate ™ ATR Accessory. This product is especially well-suited for the spectroscopic analysis of reactions and processes that only occur at high temperatures.

The EXP® Guard Column cartridge system is rated to 15,000 psi with hand-tight replaceable cartridges. This unique design connects directly to any UHPLC column with the auto-adjusting Titanium Hybrid Ferrule and EXP® Fittings, providing repeated zero-dead-volume connections and easy adjustability between various column types. Free-Turn¨ architecture allows the user to change cartridges by hand without breaking fluid connections…

The new ETHOS™ UP is simply the most advanced yet easy to use system for microwave sample preparation we have ever manufactured. It offers a perfect integration between microwave hardware, user interface, digestion sensors and pressure vessels.  Microwave digestion oven ETHOS UP covers the whole range of samples from routine to high-end applications including US EPA method 3052 for sediments, soils and US EPA method.

± 50V compliance voltage, ± 6 A current, and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) up to 10 MHz

Through its exceptional image quality and the widest size range available, FlowCam® 8000 represents state-of-the-art particle imaging technology. Analyze thousands of particles in less than a minute and comprehensively characterize the size, count, morphology, and identity of subvisible and visible particulates in their native solvent.

Widely considered the premium columns for analyzing biopolymers by GFC, TSKgel G2000SWXL, 5 μm columns are an excellent choice for small proteins and peptide separations.

The TSKgel Alpha-4000 column is packed with rigid, porous polymer beads which show minimal shrinkage or swelling in polar organic solvents (methanol, acetonitrile, DMSO, isopropanol, THF, and HFIP). This column is stable in a wide variety of organic solvents at concentrations up to 100%.

TOYOPEARL HW-55S resin is a hydroxylated methacrylic polymer for size exclusion chromatography

A ninth generation nanomanipulator, designed for optimum performance and flexibility.

Ergonomic upright microscopes with eco-illumination for clinical and laboratory applications.

Single-molecule based super-resolution microscope delivering ten-times the resolution of standard light microscopes.

Newly evolved multiphoton confocal microscopes, which clearly visualize minute structures deep within living organisms.

Igniting New Confocal Imaging Potential - 3D Confocal Imaging with Super Resolution.

Flexible software platform for controlling Nikon microscopes and 3rd-party components, with powerful custom programming tools for image acquisition and analysis.

Your goal: high-quality images that allow measurements and can be accurately repeated with minimal effort. The Leica coded stereo microscopes family helps you to pave the way to correct results.

The next generation STELLARIS confocal platform is your fast track to rewarding research. Power. Potential. Productivity.

With their sophisticated modular design and high-performance fluorescence, the Leica DM2000 microscopes are ideal for complex tasks in pathology, cytology, and many other applications. For special diagnostics requirements, the microscope is certified for in-vitro-diagnostics (IVD) like in-vitro-fertilization (IVF). 

Leica DM2500 & DM2500 LED optical microscopes are tools for demanding tasks in life science routine and research applications. With their transmitted light illumination, optical performance, and state-of-the-art accessories, they are especially well-suited for challenging life science research tasks that require differential interference contrast or high-performance fluorescence.

UC Enuity, the next generation ultramicrotome saves you valuable time and resources through its automated setup functions, providing state-of-the-art sectioning quality.

The Leica DM1000 LED features long-life LED illumination that provides near daylight, bright illumination with constant color temperature and emits less heat. 

The Leica DM750 M is the ideal microscope for basic materials applications in an Industrial Lab or Material Science course. Its versatile stage and reflected light system work in combination to deliver high-quality images of the most demanding specimens.