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Centrifuge tube and method for performing assay with same

US4106907A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 3, 1977
Grant dateAug 15, 1978
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Expiry dateFeb 3, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S436/817
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A container for radioactive counting which is essentially a tube of organic plastics material which has a radiation shield extending up to the side of the tube to a uniform height. The container has a reaction zone of from 1 to 10ml with a tapered portion towards its lower end. From 1% to 10% of the reaction zone has within the zone surrounded by the radiation shield.

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