Test Tube Racks

Test Tube Racks ��� Perfect for 50mL Centrifuge Tubes. Dimensions: 300 x 112 x 85mm Racks are shipped flat for easy storage Easy to assemble: simply fold and snap together securely Racks are Autoclavable at 121��C for 20 minutes Can be used dry, wet or in water baths and will not float.

TEST TUBE RACK POLYETHYLENE Stout, white, in line, for 6 tubes, holes in the top plate correspond with hemispherical depressions in the base

Wooden Test Tube Rack 6 place hole

Description

• Test tube racks are laboratory equipment used to hold upright multiple test tubes at the same time.
• Made of Polypropylene material
• They are autoclavable
• Stackable when empty
• Easy to disassembly when cleaning
• Their base is in the form of a grid with square opening and has fold up sides and end bars that lock into rack tops
• Can be made from a wood material also
• Holes in platform allow inverted tubes to drain and dry

Uses

• They are most commonly used when different solutions are needed to work with simultaneously, for safety reasons,
• For safe storage of test tubes, and
• To ease the transport of multiple tubes.

Types of test tube rack
The racks are most commonly made of metal wires, but they can also be found as plastic,
polystyrene, foam, fiberglass, and polypropylene.
Test tube racks come in the form of a classic rack, an interlocking cube form, a stack-able form, test
tube drying rack, slant rack, and 1-well rack.
1. Classic Rack
The classic racks are normally found in any regular laboratory and are made of wood, stainless steel,
or plastic. It generally has 8 holes, 10 holes, or 12 holes to keep test tubes

2. Stackable Test Tube Rack
Stackable racks are made of polypropylene and can be placed in the autoclave as well. Using a
secondary frame or chassis these racks that otherwise appear as the classic test tube racks can be
placed one on top of the other.
3. Interlocking cube form
This form of test tube racks consists of several cubes of racks that are detachable and twist-able
based on the side that is needed for use. Each cube can hold one size of test tubes but each of the
four sides of the cube holds the tubes in various arrangements that can be adjusted for use
accordingly. These racks can not only be used for test tubes, but it can also be used to hold culture
tubes, centrifuge tubes, and micro-centrifuge tubes. The interlocking cube racks can also be put in
the autoclave, as well as ease the transport of multiple different sized tubes.
4. Stackable Test Tube Rack

Stackable racks are made of polypropylene and can be placed in the autoclave as well. Using a
secondary frame or chassis these racks that otherwise appear as the classic test tube racks can be
placed one on top of the other.

5. Slant rack
Slant racks are used to hold the slants at the degree it is required to be placed in to be dried after
the media has been inserted into the tube. It is also used to incubate certain liquid cultures at an
angle so that all the tubes are uniform.

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