Eppendorf Xplorer - Technical data; Measurement Errors

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8 Technical data
8.1 Measurement errors of the single-channel pipette
Model Test tip
epT.I.P.S.
Testing
volume
Error of measurement
Systematic error Random error
± %± μL ± %± μL
0.5 µL – 10 µL 0.1 µL – 20 µL
medium gray
40 mm
1 µL 2.5 0.025 1.8 0.018
5 µL 1.5 0.075 0.8 0.04
10 µL 1.0 0.1 0.4 0.04
5 µL – 100 µL 2 µL – 200 µL
yellow
53 mm
10 µL 2.0 0.2 1.0 0.1
50 µL 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.15
100 µL 0.8 0.8 0.2 0.2
15 µL – 300 µL 15 µL – 300 µL
orange
55 mm
30 µL 2.5 0.75 0.7 0.21
150 µL 1.0 1.5 0.3 0.45
300 µL 0.6 1.8 0.2 0.6
50 µL – 1000 µL 50 µL – 1000 µL
blue
71 mm
100 µL 3.0 3.0 0.6 0.6
500 µL 1.0 5.0 0.2 1
1000 µL 0.6 6.0 0.2 2
0.2 mL – 5 mL 0.1 mL – 5 mL
violet
120 mm
0.5 mL 3.0 15.0 0.6 3
2.5 mL 1.2 30.0 0.25 6.25
5 mL 0.6 30.0 0.15 7.5
0.5 mL – 10 mL 1 mL – 10 mL
turquoise
165 mm
1 mL 3.0 30.0 0.60 6.0
5 mL 0.8 40.0 0.20 10.0
10 mL 0.6 60.0 0.15 15.0
You can select a volume of up to 0.20 mL for the 5 mL pipette. The measurement
errors in the volume range of 0.2 mL – 0.5 mL depend strongly on pipette
handling.