Biospec

Zirconia has a density of 5.5g/cc (100% more dense than glass - good for tough tissue). Beads are sold in one pound bottles.

Stainless steel beads have a density of 7.9g/cc. They are used mostly for grinding leaves and seeds. They are made of Type 316 stainless steel - the most corrosion resistant available.

The BioVortexer is a lightweight, battery powered unit designed to be used with microcentrifuge tubes. Centrifugal pellets, precipitates, and other solids are completely dispersed in seconds by a combination of mechanical and vortex action. A new polypropylene stir rod is used with each sample. A...

The Mini-Beadbeater-96 is high-energy, high-throughput cell disrupter. In a single 1-3 minute batch run it handles up to 192 samples using a deep-well microplate format or 45 samples in 1.5 or 2 ml screw-cap microvials. In a busy day thousands of samples can be processed. The MiniBeadbeater-96...