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This is a list of links
to vendors of laboratory equipment that we have found useful in our lab.
Jump to:
Lab equipment for
educational science labs
Test and Measurement vendors
Optics vendors
Electronics suppliers
Electronics manufacturers
Nuclear instrumentation vendors
Industrial equipment
Fun
Other generally useful vendors
The recommendations here are those
of Philip Kromer and are based on his personal experience. They are not the opinions of
UT-Austin or anyone else. Your mileage may vary. Tax and Tags extra. Batteries not
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Educational Science
Equipment Vendors |
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Daedalon Corporation |
Excellent products and prices; also carries full line of
PHYWE products. |
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| CENCO Home Page |
Good products, good prices |
| Leybold
Didactic |
Well made but extremely expensive. |
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Klinger
Educational Products |
Resells Leybold in the U.S. |
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Tel-Atomic |
Educational science equipment.
We use their excellent electron- diffraction experiment and their X-ray
diffractometer. |
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PASCO scientific |
Educational science equipment |
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Sargent-Welch |
Educational science equipment |
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VWR Scientific
Products |
Chemistry equipment |
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Edmund Scientific's Scientifics |
Educational science equipment |
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Test and Measurement |
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National Instruments |
Data acquisiton and computer-based instruments |
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| Omega Engineering, Inc. |
Every transducer you could ever want |
| Tektronix |
Oscilliscopes and meters |
| HP Test & Measurement |
Oscilliscopes and meters |
| LeCroy |
Analog and digital scopes |
| Keithley Instruments |
Excellent low-level and precision meters |
| EGG Signal
Recovery |
Low level or high noise signal detection |
| B&K Test Equipment |
Low-cost scopes and meters |
| KENWOOD
TMI Home |
Oscilliscopes |
| Test Equity |
New and used test equipment |
| Capovani Brothers Inc. |
Used scientific equipment |
| A-COMM Test Eqpt. |
Used test equipment |
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Simpson |
Meters |
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Fluke |
Digital multimeters and more |
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Optics |
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Photonics Buyers' Guide |
A list of the major optics equipment manufacturers and
vendors |
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Edmund Scientific |
Best source for reasonably priced optics |
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| Melles Griot |
Research grade optics equipment |
| Newport Corp |
Research grade optics equipment |
| Thorlabs |
Research grade optics equipment |
| Rolyn Optics Company |
Research grade optics equipment |
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| Hamamatsu USA |
Photodectors of all kinds |
| Burle |
Photomultipliers |
| Vishay-Telefunken |
Optoelectronics |
| Semicoa |
High-speed photodiodes |
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| Oriel Instruments |
Research grade optical instruments |
| Thermo-Vison
Corp |
Optics equipment |
| Thermo-Vision
Colorado |
Spectrometers (formerly Jarrel-Ash) |
| Thermo-Optek
Corp |
More spectrometers? |
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| Uniphase |
Lasers; Made our laser (it works OK) |
| Coherent |
Lasers |
| Spectra Physics Lasers |
Lasers |
| OptoPower |
Diode lasers |
| Polaroid Diode Lasers |
Diode laser control electronics |
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Electronics
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Digi-Key |
Large selection; good prices |
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| Newark |
Huge selection; slightly higher prices |
| Marlin P. Jones
and Associates |
Surplus electronics suppliers. They rule. |
| Future
Active Catalog |
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| Howard W.
Sams & Co. |
Electronics books |
| Jameco |
Small selection, low prices |
| Pasternack
Enterprises |
BNC, MHV, SHV, etc. cables |
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Electronics
Manufacturers |
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Gray's
Semiconductor Manuf'rs |
Directory of Electronics Manufacturers |
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| Dir. of
Electronics Suppliers |
Directory of Electronics Manufacturers |
| Electronics
Manufacturer Links |
Directory of Electronics Manufacturers |
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| National
Semiconductor |
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| Harris
Semiconductor |
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| Burr-Brown
Semiconductors |
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| Analog
Devices |
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| Motorola
Semiconductor |
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| TI
Semiconductors Home Page |
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| HP Electronic
Components |
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| Fairchild
Semiconductor |
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| Panasonic
IC |
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Nuclear Physics |
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EG&G ORTEC |
Nuclear instrumentation devices |
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| Canberra |
Nuclear instrumentation devices |
| Tennellec (formerly
Oxford) |
... has merged with Canberra. |
| Ludlum
Measurements |
Commercial nuclear instrumentation, based in Texas |
| Princeton Gamma-Tech |
Commercial nuclear instrumentation |
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Industrial Equipment |
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MSC |
Huge selection of machining and other industrial supply
products |
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| Grainger |
Industrial supply |
| Alfa Aesar Research Chemicals |
Research metals and chemicals. |
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Fun |
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Many of these links are from Windell, a former TA for the course. |
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American Science
& Surplus |
All sorts of nifty things, from surplus military
capacitors to rubber snakes |
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All sorts of nifty things, from rubber snakes to
propeller beanies. |
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Information
Unlimited |
"Some of the items we carry are
'DANGEROUS' and may be 'ILLEGAL' in your state or country. Please be sure to check local
laws 'BEFORE' ordering." |
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Y2K
Survival Consultants |
Hyperdimensional Resonator, among other things. |
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Slide
Rule Trading Post |
Ditch that HP48g; go analog. |
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Purely
Akademic |
Geek T-Shirts (Maxwell Eqns, etc. |
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General |
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Thomas
Register |
Search for any kind of business (free). |
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| Reiter's Scientific
Bookstore |
Scientific books |
| Amazon.com |
New books |
| Powell's Books |
New and used books |
| BookFinder.com |
Used books |
| Advanced Book Exchange |
Used Books |
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