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News Release from: Radleys | Subject: Starfish
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 20 February 2006
Starfish now more versatile than ever
The Starfish is a heating and stirring experiment workstation designed to provide a safe, clean and more productive alternative to using oil baths and heating mantles
Radleys Discovery Technologies has added several new components to its popular StarFish range to further extend its operational versatility and ease of use The Starfish is a heating and stirring experiment workstation designed to provide a safe, clean and more productive alternative to using oil baths and heating mantles
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 8 Feb 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Can be used to simultaneously stir and heat a wide variety of vessel types and sizes and can also be configured to perform more complex procedures including distillation, digestion, and extraction
To facilitate the safe and speedy removal of heated glassware from the Starfish a new universal five-way telescopic clamp with quick release silicone/viton straps is now available.
The universal telescopic clamp arrangement securely holds in place up to five different heating and stirring experiments.
It is versatile enough to accommodate the widest range of reaction vessels - from small 2ml vials to 250ml round-bottomed flasks.
In addition the same system can also be configured to perform more complex procedures in parallel including synthesis, extraction, concentration, distillation and digestion.
For laboratories regularly looking to heat and stir vials two new specialist heating blocks (16x28mm vial monoblocks and 3x28mm vial polyblocks) have been introduced.
To make best use of existing laboratory resources the StarFish accepts most popular brands of standard glassware.
With a choice of base plates, the StarFish will fit on all leading brands of stirring hotplate - making it the most versatile heating and stirring system available.
Priced to be affordable by any laboratory the modular StarFish sets a new standard for operational safety, productivity and versatility, says Radleys Discovery Technologies.
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