Mortars and Pestles
Tools used to grind and crush substances into fine powders or pastes, Mortars are bowl-shaped containers and pestles are heavy, rod-shaped tools. Commonly sold as sets but also available separately, mortar and pestle sets may include mortars, pestles, adapters, housings, or other items in several materials.
Mortar and pestle implements have been used since ancient times to crush and grind substances. Mortars can be made of hard materials like wood, metal, ceramic, or hard stone such as granite or marble. Pestles are held in the hand and usually have a tapered, club-like shape. A wet or dry substance is placed in the mortar and the pestle is pressed against it and rotated until the material is pulverized.
What Is the Best Material for a Mortar and Pestle?
The implements must be made of materials that are hard enough to crush the substance without wearing away, but they cannot be brittle or break from the pressure of manipulation. The material should also be cohesive to reduce chipping and non-porous to avoid absorbing or trapping substances. Some rough porcelain mortars and pestles can reduce substances to very fine powders, but are brittle and stain more easily. Porcelain mortars can be pre-conditioned by grinding sand in them to produce a rougher surface. Glass mortars and pestles are stain-resistant and suitable for liquids, but are fragile and do not grind as finely as ceramic sets. Metal mortars and pestles are popular for food preparation.
Mortars and pestles are commonly used to grind and mix substances for dilution, to mask negative qualities, or to add volume to facilitate handling. Drugs can also be finely ground when not available in liquid form, and supplements can be processed to for addition to parenteral nutrition.
Electron Microscopy Sciences Tapered Tissue Mortar only, 3 ml, 11 mm x 86 mm Mortor, 220 mm OAL
Replacement parts for Tapered Tissue Grinder with stainless steel rod pestle.
Size: 3 ml
Mortor: 11 mm x 86 mm
OAL: 220 mm
Electron Microscopy Sciences Tapered Tissue Mortar only, 15 ml, 18 mm x 114 mm Mortor, 240 mm OAL
Replacement parts for Tapered Tissue Grinder with stainless steel rod pestle.
Size: 15 ml
Mortor: 18 mm x 114 mm
OAL: 240 mm
Electron Microscopy Sciences Tapered Tissue Mortar only, 1 ml, Mortor, 130 mm OAL
Replacement parts for Tapered Tissue Grinder with stainless steel rod pestle
Size: 1 ml
OAL: 130 mm
Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Agate mortar and pestle St
Made of natural agate with highly polished grinding surfaces. Excellent for preparing laboratory samples and high purity powders. The agate material is a special silicate with a main composition of SiO2. It is resistant to detergent. The thermal endurance is limited up to 350C.
Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals Biosciences Pellet pestles Cordless mo1EA
Z359955 will fit the cordless motor product Z359971 only by using the replacement adapter for the motor Z359998 which is purchased separately.
Electron Microscopy Sciences Tenbroeck Tissue Grinder, 1 ml, 11 mm x 48 mm Mortor, 140 mm OAL
Glass Tenbroeck tissue grinders are ideal for grinding liver, heart, and intestine tissue. The grinders are precision made and have interchangeable pestles and tubes so there is no need to keep the components matched and parts are easily replacable. The clearance between pestle and tube is 0.0035 to 0.0065" (0.09 – 0.16 mm). While this grinder is designed for hand operation, it can be slow speed motor-driven by inserting a rubber stopper (side 00) and metal rod into pestle. This unit also features an expanded reservoir and pouring lip. Made from Wheaton 33 borosilicate glass. The hollow pestle can be pack with ice. Autoclavable.
Size: 1 ml
Mortor: 11 mm x 48 mm
OAL: 140 mm
Electron Microscopy Sciences Potter-Elvehjem Tissue Grinder Pestle with Radial Serrations, 2 ml, 11 mm x 45 mm Mortor, 203 mm OAL
Replacement part for Potter-Elvehjem Tissue Grinder with radial serrations.
Size: 2 ml
Mortor: 11 mm x 45 mm
OAL: 203 mm
New England Biolabs, Inc. Monarch® Pestle Set - 100 sets
The Monarch Pestle Set contains single-use microtube pestles and the accompanying 1.5 ml tubes for sample disruption and homogenization prior to nucleic acid extraction. 100 green pestles and 100 tubes are included in this set.
- Set includes Monarch Pestles and Monarch Pestle Tubes
- Optimally designed for manual homogenization of tissue samples prior to nucleic acid extraction
- Single-use pestles and tubes
Electron Microscopy Sciences Tenbroeck Tissue Grinder, 15 ml, 22 mm x 94 mm Mortor, 250 mm OAL
Glass Tenbroeck tissue grinders are ideal for grinding liver, heart, and intestine tissue. The grinders are precision made and have interchangeable pestles and tubes so there is no need to keep the components matched and parts are easily replacable. The clearance between pestle and tube is 0.0035 to 0.0065" (0.09 – 0.16 mm). While this grinder is designed for hand operation, it can be slow speed motor-driven by inserting a rubber stopper (side 00) and metal rod into pestle. This unit also features an expanded reservoir and pouring lip. Made from Wheaton 33 borosilicate glass. The hollow pestle can be pack with ice. Autoclavable.
Size: 15 ml
Mortor: 22 mm x 94 mm
OAL: 250 mm
Electron Microscopy Sciences Mortar for Tapered Tissue Grinder, 5 ml, 13 mm x 93 mm Mortor, 220 mm OAL
Replacement parts for Tapered tissue grinder.
Size: 5 ml
Mortor: 13 mm x 93 mm
OAL: 220 mm
Electron Microscopy Sciences Tissue Grinder, GPI 13-425 cap 0.5 ml
This unit features a screw threaded neck for use with Wheaton connection. The 13-425 cap has an open top and PTFE faced silicone rubber liner. The clearance between pestle and mortar is 0.002 – 0.006" (0.05 – 0.15 mm). Made from Wheaton 33 low extractable borosilicate glass
Electron Microscopy Sciences Mortar for Tapered Tissue Grinder, 1 ml, 11 mm x 49 mm Mortor, 130 mm OAL
Replacement parts for Tapered tissue grinder.
Size: 1 ml
Mortor: 11 mm x 49 mm
OAL: 130 mm
Electron Microscopy Sciences Mortar for Tapered Tissue Grinder, 5 ml, 13 mm x 93 mm Mortor, 220 mm OAL
Replacement parts for Tapered tissue grinder.
Size: 5 ml
Mortor: 13 mm x 93 mm
OAL: 220 mm
