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News Release from: Starna Scientific | Subject: Starna
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 03 March 2004
UV linearity checks in demand
Single-point absorbance checks on ultraviolet spectrophotometers are no longer acceptable leading to increased demand for sets of sealed potassium dichromate cells
Single-point absorbance checks on ultraviolet spectrophotometers are no longer acceptable in many pharmaceutical laboratories, which now require a multi-point validation of the absorbance scale and linearity According to John Hammond, technical and marketing manager for Starna brand analytical products at Optiglass, this has led to a significantly increased demand for sets of sealed potassium dichromate cells
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 1 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Five different potassium dichromate concentrations solvated in 0.001M perchloric acid, plus a blank solution, are prepared according to Nist special publication 260-54, and permanently sealed by heat fusion in far UV quartz cells.
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