Looking for a Quartz Cell or Quartz Cuvette?

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What is the difference between a quartz cell and a quartz cuvette?  This is a very popular question among the scientific community.  To help clarify the difference we must begin by looking at the terms and defining them.

Cell - a small compartment, cavity, or bounded space (Webster's Dictionary)

Cuvette - a small often transparent laboratory vessel (as a tube) (Webster's Dictionary)

Quartz - a mineral consisting of silicon dioxide occurring in colorless and transparent or colored hexagonal crystals or in crystalline masses (Webster's Dictionary)

Now that the terms have been clearly defined, it illustrates a better picture of what exactly these terms mean and it becomes easy to recognize that there is no difference between a quartz cell and a quartz cuvette.

Data from scientists reveal that quartz cuvettes use to be called a quartz cell.  Cuvette is the more commonly used term in modern days times, however the older generation researchers still use the term quartz cell. 

When speaking with quartz cuvette manufacturers, there is no difference if one chooses to use the term quartz cell or quartz cuvette.  Cuvette manufacturers are fully aware of the terminology used in their fields.  For example, people can ask for a spectrophotometer cell or a spectrophotometer cuvette.  Another example is one can ask for a fused silica glass cell or a fused silica quartz glass cuvette.  The word cell and cuvette are completely interchangeable.

Quartz Vs. Fused Silica

When speaking about quartz or fused silica one must be specific because unlike the case stated above, these are two completely different things.  Quartz is a very general term.  Quartz can mean, natural quartz, fused quartz, fused silica quartz, UV Quartz, IR Quartz and the list goes on.

Fused silica however is a specific type of quartz that is manufactured rather than found in nature.  Fused silica quartz is great for optical applications such as manufacturing spectrophotometer cuvettes, a quartz cell, quartz microfluidic chips, flow cells for flow cytometers, and many other applications.

ES Quartz (Extrasil Quartz) is a synthetic fused silica material that has unsurpassed thermal and chemical properties in the ultraviolet visible (UV VIS) and far UV range.  ES Quartz has a broad transmission range starting from 180 nm all the way up to 2,500 nm.  In this transmission range, researchers and scientist can count on an absorbance percent of over 80%.

NSG Precision Cells Quartz Cells

At Precisioncells.com we carry a large variety of quartz cells made from our unique ES Quartz, that have been helping scientists carry out their spectroscopy experiments with ease and perfect results.  NSG values and preserves their relationships with all their customers.  From large accounts to customer who only order one or two cells, all customers receive top notch service.

No other quartz manufacturer can match the service, pricing, and level of expertise that NSG Precision Cells offers.  NSG is proud to continue to offer outstanding customer service for over 50 years.

If you do not find the quartz cell you require on our website please contact us.