Quartz Glass Microscope Slides

Special Properties

• Very high UV-transmission
  (T > 80% already at 185 nm)
• Made of synthetic fused silica
• Significantly higher optical quality and purity than conventional quartz slides of fused quartz
• Surfaces with optical quality
• Low micro-roughness
• Excellent flatness
• Crystal clear appearance
• Low light absorption
• High chemical strength
• Temperature resistant up to 1000 °C

Typical Applications

• Microscope slides for advanced microscopy applications
• Quartz object carriers for medical applications
• Applications in analytics and biotechnology
• Scientific UV- and DUV microscopy
• Coverslips with low loss and absorption
• High-temperature microscope stages
• Sample storage solutions
• Chemically resistant microscope slides
• UV-permeable and inert cover-slips
• Cover glasses for UV-microscopes
• Quartz slides for medical and epidemiological cell research
• Quartz covers for UV-spectroscopy

Related websites

• Synthetic Quartz
  (Optical quality quartz glass - Fused Silica)
• Fused Quartz
  (Sight glass grade natural quartz glass)
• Quartz FAQ
  (Frequently asked questions about quartz glass grades to support you make the right choice of material.)

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Most quartz microscope slides we make base on optical grade high-purity synthetic amorphous silicon dioxide. Unlike conventional quartz slides of natural fused quartz glass, our quartz object carriers offer a material quality typically used for sophisticated optics. They feature a significantly higher transmission for lower UV-wavelengths than fused quartz glass products can provide. The excellent purity allows scientific applications in the deep ultraviolet (DUV) and reduces absorption losses in this wavelength range to a minimum. All of the quartz microscope slides we fabricate from synthetic quartz are double side optically polished. They provide more than 80% light transmission at a very deep UV-wavelength of 185 nm, where ordinary fused quartz microscope slides typically transmit less than about 50%.

Our quartz glass slides feature an excellent flatness and surface quality on a level known from optics. Furthermore, they provide the outstanding purity and chemical resistance of high-grade amorphous quartz and enable contamination-free sample storage solutions. No substances or chemicals dissolve from the quartz object carriers or cover glasses into the test sample. Such features are a crucial requirement for special microscopy applications in medical cell research, epidemiology, virology, bioscience, analytics, biotechnology, and lab sample storage solutions.

Our company supplies all standard sizes of quartz microscope slides and coverslips used in science, as listed on this website's dimension table. However, we are not limited to these few quartz items in this list due to in-house production. Nearly any shape and size are possible. Whether you need round quartz discs, coverslips, square quartz cover plates, or other kinds of quartz components, our company supplies a solution.

The delivery time for quartz microscope slides with custom dimensions is just as short as it is for the listed sizes, so a shopping cart for a limited number of items does not make sense. If you search for the speedy delivery of custom-sized quartz microscope slides, our 48 h Express Service is possible for any thickness listed in the thickness table. This unique option offers the manufacturing and shipping of custom-sized quartz microscope slides within two working days after receipt of your order, provided there are no other complex manufacturing steps required. When you order using our 48 h Express Services, you have your tailored quartz microscope slide on your lab table very quickly, so you can continue your project or daily business without delay.

Please use the button below or select a thickness from the table to request a price quote for any microscope slide size made of quartz glass:

 

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Specifications

UV-transmission of our microscope slides
from synthetic quartz (Fused Silica 1mm thick)

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UV Light Transmission

• T > 80% at 185 nm
  

Microscope Slides made of Synthetic Quartz
Common dimensions

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Dimensions (mm)	approximately in inches	Quartz Slide Thicknesses (mm)
10 x 10	0,4 x 0,4	0,50, 1,00
19 x 19	0,75 x 0,75	0,50, 1,00
23 x 23	0,9 x 0,9	0,50, 1,00
23 x 46	0,9 x 1,8	0,50, 1,00
23 x 66	0,9 x 2,6	0,50, 1,00
23 x 75	0,9 x 3,0	0,50, 1,00
25 x 25	1 x 1	0,50, 1,00
25 x 46	1 x 1,8	0,50, 1,00
25 x 50	1 x 2	0,50, 1,00
25 x 66	1 x 2,6	0,50, 1,00
25 x 75	1 x 3	0,50, 1,00
46 x 66	1,8 x 2,6	0,50, 1,00
50 x 75	2 x 3	0,50, 1,00
70 x 70	2,75 x 2,75	0,50, 1,00
Custom thicknesses on request.
The bold numbers represent the most common standards of microscope slides and coverslips used in the science lab. However, if you can use any alternative smaller slide dimensions (not bold), please take into account that these sizes might significantly lower the piece price compared to the standardized quartz slide sizes. For example, the price of a quartz microscope slide at 23mm x 66mm x 1mm is considerably lower than that of a 25mm x 75mm x 1mm dimension. Also, round quartz plates, other shapes, and quartz coverslips are possible. Please send us your inquiry.

Fused Silica standard thicknesses quickly available

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Thickness (mm)	Tolerance
0,50	±0,05	✔
1,00	±0,10	✔
2,00	±0,15	✔
3,00	±0,20	✔
You can order the thicknesses marked with "✔" via our 48–h Express Service.

Refractive Index

• n_d = 1,4585

Density

• 2,20 g/cm³

Coefficient of Thermal Expansion

• ca. 0,57 x 10^-6/K

Maximum Operating Temperature

• ca. 1000 °C

Surface Quality

• 60-40 scratch & dig (MIL-0-13830A)

Note: Besides the quartz microscope slides and coverslips described in this website, our company supplies specialty optical products of many other materials from our extensive product range. If you search for specialty microscope slides, coverslips, or need additional support, please contact us with your requirements. We will immediately send our price quote in return.

 

All given details and specifications are mean reference values and are not guaranteed. Also, please consider the "Notes on specifications".

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Last update 29.09.2020