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Chapter A: Instrument Specifications
Thermal specifications for plates used in the instrument apply to flat-bottom plates with
isolated wells. All other plate specifications apply to standard 96-well polystyrene flat-bottom
plates. Performance specifications for cuvette reads apply only to aqueous solutions that have
solute molal concentrations less than 0.4 M.
When you apply pathlength compensation to plate absorbance measurements, agreement
with cuvette absorbance measurements for the same solution requires that the solution
volume in the plate well is between 100 µL and 300 µL.
Technical specifications are subject to change without notice. Molecular Devices provides
validation documentation for software and hardware, as well as absorbance, fluorescence, and
luminescence detection test tools with its SpectraTest
®
solutions. The SpectraTest line of
microplate reader validation packages provide automated and comprehensive validation of a
microplate reader's optical performance.
Part
Number
Item Name Compatible Instruments
0200-
6117
SpectraTest
ABS1
Absorbance
Validation Plate
FlexStation 3, SpectraMax 190, SpectraMax 340PC384, SpectraMax
ABS, SpectraMax ABSPlus, SpectraMax i3, SpectraMax i3x,
SpectraMax iD3, SpectraMax iD5, SpectraMax M2, SpectraMax M2e,
SpectraMax M3, SpectraMax M4, SpectraMax M5, SpectraMax M5e,
SpectraMax Plus 384, VersaMax
0200-
6191
SpectraTest
ABS2
Absorbance
Validation Plate
FlexStation 3, SpectraMax ABS, SpectraMax ABSPlus, SpectraMax i3,
SpectraMax i3x, SpectraMax iD3, SpectraMax iD5, SpectraMax M2,
SpectraMax M2e, SpectraMax M3, SpectraMax M4, SpectraMax M5,
SpectraMax M5e, SpectraMax Plus 384
0200-
5060
SpectraTest FL1
Fluorescence
Validation Plate
FlexStation 3, Gemini EM, Gemini XPS, SpectraMax i3, SpectraMax
i3x, SpectraMax iD3, SpectraMax iD5, SpectraMax M2, SpectraMax
M2e, SpectraMax M3, SpectraMax M4, SpectraMax M5, SpectraMax
M5e
0200-
6186
SpectraTest LM1
Luminescence
Validation Plate
FlexStation 3, SpectraMax i3, SpectraMax i3x, SpectraMax iD3,
SpectraMax iD5, SpectraMax L, SpectraMax M3, SpectraMax M4,
SpectraMax M5, SpectraMax M5e
0200-
2420
Cuvette
Absorbance
Validation Set
SpectraMax ABSPlus, SpectraMax M2, SpectraMax M2e, SpectraMax
M3, SpectraMax M4, SpectraMax M5, SpectraMax M5e, SpectraMax
Plus 384
0200-
7200
Multi-Mode
Validation Plate
FilterMax F3, FilterMax F5, SpectraMax i3*, SpectraMax i3x*,
SpectraMax iD5*, SpectraMax Paradigm
* Specific read modes or cartridges.
Validation Packages Part Numbers
A