Highly efficient bi-directional temperature gradient system for investigating responses to temperature of seeds, small plants and animals, micro-organisms or any small component or material. The design is based on the fact that a temperature gradient results if one edge of a square aluminium plate is heated and the opposite edge is cooled.
In the Grant system, the gradient runs in one direction for part of the 24 hour cycle and is then automatically switched to run at a right angle to its original direction for the remainder of the cycle, to provide all possible combinations of minimum and maximum temperature.
- Temperature range (cold edges): 0 to 30°C
- Temperature range (hot edges): ambient + 5 to 50°C
- Perspex grid divides working area into 196 mini-incubators
- Optional data logging facility for time/temperature recording
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