Lablogic has revealed that the MRC Centre for Obesity and Related Metabolic Diseases has selected the 300SL automatic liquid scintillation counter for Tritium:C14 dual labelling.
The decision was made following a demonstration at which the instrument successfully counted 80:1 samples of both C14:Tritium and Tritium:C14.
In the longer term, the 300SL will also save the MRC Centre for Obesity and Related Metabolic Diseases (MRC CORD) money because it uses the 'Triple to Double Coincidence Ratio' absolute activity measurement method.
This does away with the need for a gamma source to compensate for the quench phenomenon for pure beta emitters.
This means there are no costs associated with setting up a source in the first instance, maintaining authorisation records and addressing safety issues during the counter's useful life and ultimately disposing of the source safely.
Lablogic said it was also able to meet all MRC CORD's radiation safety needs from its product range.
Included were a Triathler portable radiation counter for wipe tests and - as a temporary back-up to the 300SL - Rad-Mon radiation monitors and shielding products.
