Air gaps and Blow outs

Answer

A travelling Air gap is the volume of air added after the aspirate to prevent any sample dripping.

A Blow out is the volume of air added before the aspirate to ensure the target volume is dispensed. This is the automated version of pushing the manual pipette to the second position to push out that small volume of additional air. Optimising these volumes is essential to get the best out of your workflow.

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