Key Features
- Peelable and pierceable heat seal
- Optically clear for easy sample visibility
- 3 mm slits provide gas permeability
- Helps minimise evaporation while allowing gas exchange
- Wide seal integrity range from -80°C to 110°C
- Compatible with PP, PE and PS plates
- Provides an inert sealing surface with no adhesive contacting well contents
- Free from DNase, RNase, human genomic DNA and endotoxin/pyrogen
- Available in both sheet and roll formats
- Non-sterile as standard, with sterilisation available upon request
Applications
The Clear Heat Seal, Peelable Film is ideal for applications where gas exchange is required while maintaining a secure plate seal, including:
- Insect studies and storage
- Seed storage
- Laboratory plate storage
- Applications requiring gas transfer with reduced evaporation
Plate Compatibility
Suitable for sealing:
- Polypropylene (PP) plates
- Polyethylene (PE) plates
- Polystyrene (PS) plates
- PCR and qPCR plates
- Microplates
- Assay plates
- Storage plates
- Standard SBS footprint plates from 12-well through to 1536-well formats
Easy Sample Access
Once sealed, the film can be accessed in several ways depending on the application.
The seal can be peeled away from the plate or pierced directly with a pipette tip, either manually or through compatible automated liquid handling equipment.
Temperature Range
The Clear Heat Seal, Peelable Film maintains seal integrity across a broad temperature range:
-80°C to 110°C
This wide operating range makes it suitable for both low-temperature storage and applications involving elevated temperatures.
Available Formats
Sheet Format – 4ti-0541/SLIT
- Sheet dimensions: 125 × 78 mm
- Supplied as 100 sheets
- Suitable for standard SBS footprint plates
- Designed for use with compatible manual and semi-automated heat sealers
- Roll Format – 4ti-0540/SLIT
- Roll dimensions: 450 m × 78 mm
- Approximately 4,200 seals per roll
- Designed for compatible automated roll heat sealing systems
- Sample Roll – 4ti-0540/SLIT/S
- Sample roll dimensions: 5 m × 78 mm
- Supplied as 1 sample roll
Ordering Information
Product Code Format Pack Size
4ti-0540/SLIT Roll – 450 m × 78 mm 1 roll / approx. 4,200 seals
4ti-0540/SLIT/S Sample Roll – 5 m × 78 mm 1 sample roll
4ti-0541/SLIT Sheets – 125 × 78 mm 100 sheets
Why Choose This Product?
Choose the 4titude® Clear Heat Seal, Peelable Film when your application requires a secure plate seal while still allowing controlled gas exchange. The combination of 3 mm gas-permeable slits, optical clarity, peelable and pierceable access, and a wide -80°C to 110°C temperature range makes it a versatile choice for insect studies, seed storage and other laboratory applications where minimising evaporation while maintaining gas transfer is important.
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