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Learning Center
Measure a Sample Using a Cuvette
202 NanoDrop One User Guide Thermo Scientific
1. From the Home screen, select an application tab such as
Nucleic Acids and tap an application name such as dsDNA
or RNA.
2. Specify the cuvette options:
– From Home screen, tap (Settings).
–tap General.
– select Use Cuvette.
–set Pathlength to pathlength (width) of cuvette (see
cuvette manufacturer for specifications).
– set stirrer and heater if desired.
–tap Done.
See General settings for details.
3. Measure a blank:
– Fill clean, dry cuvette with enough blanking solution
to cover instrument optical path.
– Lift instrument arm and insert blanking cuvette into
cuvette holder, making sure to align light path of
cuvette with light path of instrument.
–Tap Blank and wait for the measurement to complete.
Instrument light path
Cuvette holder