Silica Gel Desiccator

Today, is all about drying

Dry weight a really important measurement of cell especially when you are dealing with analytic science.

As a example, the concentration of specific compound that were present in the cell, or just the measurement of the cell mass itself.

so in order to dry the sample without using a expansive equipment, a glass desiccator would be your choice.

It is basically a glass jar with silica beads inside

The cover can be removed to place your sample into the compartment.

holes that connect your sample to the silica beads chamber.

Silica beads

In this case, someone is drying their sample with this glass jar.

The way of doing this is to basically filter their nutrient broth  to obtained the  cells. The pre-weighted filter paper is then placed into the desiccator for a few days for the water to evaporate.
the paper can then be re-weight to obtain the net weight of the cell.


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