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Glass slides

Our premium quality slides are made from optically clear and corrosion resistant select quality soda lime glass. All slides comprise precision ground edges and are pre-cleaned.

Low iron soda lime glass has no notable interference from UV light in the 250-350nm range.

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Product Type Edge Slide material Dimensions Precleaned Packaging
51-001201 Plain, standard Ground Soda lime glass 76 x 25 x 1.1mm Yes Box/12
51-001206 Plain, standard Ground Soda lime glass 75 x 25 x 1mm Yes Box/72
51-001207 Plain, frosted edge Ground Soda lime glass 75 x 25 x 1mm Yes Box/72
51-001211 Plain, single well Ground Soda lime glass 76 x 25 x 1.1mm Yes Box/12
51-001212 Plain, double well Ground Soda lime glass 76 x 25 x 1.1mm Yes Box/12
51-001232 Large plain Ground Soda lime glass 76 x 51 x 1.1mm Yes Box/72
51-001235 Large, frosted edge Ground Soda lime glass 76 x 51 x 1.1mm yes Box/72

 

 

Typical physical properties of soda lime glass microscope slides
Parameter Value/unit
Light transmission, total solar 91.5%
Refractive index 1.517 at 546.07nm
Density 2.48 g/cm3
Hardness 6 Mohs scale
Coefficient of expansion 90.6 x 10-7 °C
Poisson’s ratio 0.2
Strain point 494°C
Annealing temperature 545°C
Softening temperature 720°C
Melting temperature 1675°C

Typical chemical composition of soda lime glass microscope slides         

Compound

Wt%

SiO2

72.2

Na2O

14.3

CaO

6.4

MgO

4.3

Al2O3

1.2

K2O

1.2

SO3

0.03

Fe2O3

0.03

TiO2

0.01

s.

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