Month: November 2007

Dry Heat Linked to 35 Percent Error in Liquid Handling

At Death Valley for mission No. 3 of the Extreme Pipetting Expedition, Artel, Westbrook, Me, found that pipettes under-deliver by up to 35% in dry and hot environments. While volume-delivery errors were partially reduced by prewetting pipette tips, under-delivery still persisted, and the pipettes were found to operate out of specification in most instances.

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