The Harvard Apparatus CS-5R glass cover slip has a 5mm diameter and is made of #1 thickness (0.15mm) borosilicate glass for image clarity. It fits inside a 96-well microplate (sold separately) for growing a tissue culture specimen and keeps specimens compressed to a layer of even thickness when used with microscope slides (sold separately). The package contains 100 cover slips. This glass cover slip is suitable for use in a variety of microscopic examination applications.

Harvard Bioscience manufactures labware and equipment for use in clinical and life science research laboratories. The company, founded in 1901 as Harvard Apparatus, is headquartered in Holliston, MA.