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Improvements to the functional design of the Roberts and Trevan type culture chamber
Author(s) -
Friend J. V.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1971.tb02364.x
Subject(s) - clamping , silicone , materials science , vacuum chamber , aluminium , alloy , cracking , mechanical engineering , composite material , metallurgy , engineering
Summary The design of the body of the cell‐culture chamber developed by Roberts & Trevan (1961) has been modified. The original chamber consists of two cover‐glasses separated by a silicone ring held together by three small screws in an aluminium alloy housing. This type of metal and method of clamping has several disadvantages. The new type of chamber, made of stainless steel which is hard‐wearing and resistant to chemicals, also includes an improved rapid method for clamping the component parts together under pressure without the danger inherent in the original of cracking the coverglasses.