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What external factors should be considered which can affect the accuracy
Answer There are a number of factors which can affect the accuracy and effectiveness of SQWERTY. Most of them are included in the articles in other sections of SQWERTY-Pipetting - Robot Category. T...
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What is Surface Tension?
Answer High surface tension exists in liquids with high cohesion. Molecules below the surface of the liquid get pulled by inter-molecular attractions from all sides, while those at the surface only...
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What effect does Humidity have on experiments?
Answer A dry environment will cause more evaporation both into the dead air volume of the tip, and in the tubes or wells. An environment with increased air flow will also increase evaporation, espe...
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What is Capillary action?
Answer When a pipette tip is placed at or below the liquid surface, a small volume of the liquid may get pulled up into the tip without any external pressure being applied. This is because the adhe...
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What is Vapour Pressure?
Answer Vapour pressure is the pressure that the gaseous form of a molecule exerts on its liquid. Normally, water molecules at room temperature are constantly transitioning back and forth between li...
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What are the effects of liquid temperature?
Answer Liquid temperature can affect volume accuracy up to 37%. Temperature changes the fluid dynamics and other physical characteristics of fluids in different ways. Generally, lower temperatures ...
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Declaration of Conformity - SQWERTY - Pipetting Robot
Introduction The image below shows the Declaration of Conformity for SQWERTY - Pipetting Robot. There is a PDF copy attached to this article.
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How to setup and install a SQWERTY - Pipetting Robot
Introduction Installing the SQWERTY - Pipetting Robot out of the box is very easy. This article explains the setup and installation from start to finish. Once the SQWERTY is set up and ready to use...
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How to test volume accuracy
Answer Dye some water or your reagent with a colour using food dye or some scientific grade dye & be sure to incorporate it thoroughly. Measure the weight of the Multi Well Plate (MWP) before ...
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How to increase experimental throughput and reproducability
Answer This article details some best practices to increase experimental throughput Hints & Tips Increase experimental throughput by: Better arranging the wells/tubes used within SQWERTY so ther...