Thanks all for the input, I guess some more information on the situation would be prudent. What we are doing in flow cytometry is sorting individual cells. To do this, we run a saline solution (the one we would like colder) through a flow cell into which a separate sample line containing the...
We actually lack the resources to do this effectively, for the moment we have gone pretty low tech and lined it with aluminum foil, however, this has not been terribly useful.
I am currently working in a cytometry facility, and we are having a very basic problem of keeping fluids chilled. The problem is that we run salt water through relatively thinned walled tubing (maybe a centimeter) that has a very narrow flow chamber (.25cm) so that the fluid is running very...