see complete report RESULTS MISSION 2 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK The Effects of Pipetting Warm and Cold Fluids on Pipette Performance The volumes of aqueous samples, which were... not in thermal equilibrium with the pipettes and tips used to deliver them, exhibit significant deviation compared to volumes pipetted using thermally equilibrated samples, pipettes... and tips. The results obtained for delivering samples, which were in ambient temperature equilibrium with the tips and pipettes used for delivery, served as reference volumes...

see complete report RESULTS MISSION 4 OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK The Effect of High Humidity on Pipette Performance ARTEL found that in the cool and very humid environment at Olympic... National Park, pipettes performed extremely well. The data shown Figure 1 summarize pipette accuracy taken at two locations at Olympic, with 74% and 60% relative humidity, and also... and high humidity combine to severely limit evaporation rates (i.e., low evaporation potential). The results show that pipettes performed remarkably well in environments with low...

pipettes With the PCS you can: Teach and monitor pipetting proficiency Expedite and troubleshoot method transfer Verify interim performance to supplement full calibration... performance following outsourced service Quickly check a pipette when a problem is suspected PCS Features PCS Instrument Pipette Tracker Software PCS Reagents On-site Installation... single channel pipettes from 0.1 L 5000 L in less than 3 minutes Performs accuracy and precision calculations automatically Provides complete documentation on a convenient printout...

for Mission #4 New Orleans, LA (March 3, 2008) The ARTEL Extreme Pipetting Expedition announces data showing that pipettes performed accurately and precisely in the humid Olympic National... National Park, with 74 percent relative humidity. If not, laboratory data integrity may be at risk. Pipettes performed well in the humid environment of Olympic National Park due... of 74 percent. Using the ARTEL PCS (Pipette Calibration System), ARTEL found that pipettes performed extremely well, with average inaccuracy of only -0.35 percent and an average...

, barometric pressure and humidity. Pipette performance will be measured at each location using the ARTEL PCS (Pipette Calibration System) to identify the resulting volume variability... eliminate a potential source of error and strengthen quality assurance. By testing pipette performance under extreme conditions, we can help pipette users more fully understand how... would likely under-deliver once back in the laboratory and produce inaccurate data. The ARTEL PCS was used to measure the performance of three different pipettes in the extreme...