Skip to the end of the images gallery Skip to the beginning of the images gallery Five-O™ 5mL MacroTube®, Non-Sterile, with Screw Caps Packed Separately, 500/cs

5mL Macro Tubes^TM

MTC Bio’s new 5mL MacroTube^TM family takes all of the conveniences of 1.5mL tubes and scales them up for larger volumes and throughput applications.  In many cases, they replace 15mL tubes, dramatically reducing plastic waste, storage space and shipping costs.  Additionally, the 56mm length (vs. 120mm for 15mL tubes) greatly reduces the risk of contamination of pipettor shafts, allowing 1mL or 5mL tips to easily reach the tube bottom.

The tubes are made of high clarity, low-binding, virgin polypropylene and are certified RNase and DNase free.  The 16mm diameter is identical to standard 15mL tubes, ensuring compatibility with existing centrifuge rotors.  Other equipment, specially designed for 5mL tubes, is available from Benchmark^TM (USA) and German based equipment manufacturers (eg. dry blocks, tube racks, and thermal shakers/vortexers).

In general, a 5mL tube can be used anyplace a 15 mL conical tube is used, but where the volume in the tube is 5mL or less. Conversely, a 5mL tube is recommended to replace 1.5mL or 2mL tubes wherever sample volume exceeds the capacity of those tubes.

Features:

• Compatible with standard equipment
• Withstands up 25,000xg
• Dual graduations at every 0.2mL and 0.5mL
• Unsurpassed clarity
• RNase and DNase free