Filtration unit
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1978
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0311.001
- MANUFACTURER
- QA LABORATORIES LTD.
- MODEL
- ISO-GRID
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC/PAPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.3 cm
- Width
- 8.3 cm
- Height
- 21.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Research
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- QA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1970'S & 1980'S
- Canada
-
DEVELOPED, PATENTED & MANUFACTURED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO FACILITATE THE ENUMERATION OF MICROORGANICS. IT IS USED FOR QUALITY CONTROL IN THE FOOD PROCESSING AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES. IT IS ALSO USEFUL IN MONITORING WATER PURITY AND IN MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH - Technical
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THIS FILTRATION UNIT IS BETTER DESIGNED TO FACILITATE AUTOMATED COUNTING OF MICROORGANISMS BY OPTOELECTRONIC MEANS THAN EARLIER FILTERS. IT USES A MINIMAL NUMBER OF DILUTIONS TO PROVIDE A SUITABLE DENSITY OF COLONIES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MOLDED IN BASE: 'QA LABORATORIES LIMITED/ PATENT PENDING/ MADE IN CANADA'/ LABEL AFFIXED TO OBJECT: 'CASE 5605 FILTER GRID FOR COUNTING/ MICRO-ORGANISMS/ The Iso-grid TM is used for quality/ control in the food processing and/ pharmaceutical industries. It is also/ useful in monitoring water purity and/ in microbiological research.'/ PRINTING ON BOX INCLUDES: 'QA/ Entonnoir/ Filtrant/ iso-grid TM/ Filtration/ Unit/ QA Laboratories Limited/ 135 The West Mall/ Unit 2/ Toronto, Ontario/ M9C1C2/ (416) 622-6705'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BEIGE COLOURED BODY WITH A BLACK STOPPER/ BOX - WHITE WITH BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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QA LABORATORIES LTD., Filtration unit, circa 1978, Artifact no. 1990.0311, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1990.0311.001/
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