Histo Cryo

These 45° angle knives are designed for sectioning hard and soft biological and material specimens which have been embedded in acrylic or epoxy resins for optical microscopy. The knives are capable of cutting sections from 0.2 to 5 μm thick, free from score marks or compression, and are ideal for serial sections. They are available in a range of sizes and are also available for cryosectioning. They can be used with all ultramicrotomes and microtomes having a retraction of the specimen in the return phase.These 45° knives are available in boats for wet cryosectioning or triangular holders for dry cryosectioning of histology specimens. Edge lengths of 4.0 and 6.0 mm are available.

Cutting range: 0.2 - 5 μm.