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CALIBRATION
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Example: Calibrate a 1250 µl 8-channel pipettor.
Water temperature = 24°C
Programmed Volume (V
p
) = 1000 µl
Average of Actual Volume = 990 µl
Corrected Actual Volume (V
a
) = 990 x 1.004 = 994 µl
Calibration Point (C
p
) = 1000
D
v
=
Vp
x C
p
V
a
D
v
=
1000 µl
x 1000
994 µl
Dv = 1006