Pipets Flashcards
Type I classification that uses water for calibration and allows the flow of liquid by gravity.
Class A: To deliver (TD) pipet
Type I classification is in accordance with which characteristic?
Design
Type I classification B: To contain pipet (TC) uses which substance for calibration?
Hg
What is the function of Type I class B design?
The deliverance of exact volume by repeated filling and emptying of diluents.
Type II classification is in accordance with ______ characteristic.
Drainage
Modified TRUE or FALSE, if FALSE look for the incorrect word/words:
To blow out pipet is similar to TD pipet but needs the last drop to be sucked in to get the exact volume. Calibration is indicated by an etched or frosted rectangle.
False. Sucked in -> blown out. Rectangle -> ring
This type II characteristic allows contents to be drained by gravity.
Self draining
Type III classifications. (2)
Measuring or Graduated pipets and Transfer pipets
This type of class III pipet is usually uniformed graduation in length. It is used to deliver fractional quantity of liquid and is also used for reagent measurements.
Measuring or Graduated pipet
This Type III class A pipet has calibration marks at the tip and is generally also a type II class A pipet.
Serologic
This type III class A pipet does not have graduations to the tip and is also a type II class B pipet.
Mohr
What is a micropipette?
May either be a serological or mohr. Calibrated either TC or TD with total holding volume of less than 1ml
What is the function of type III class B: transfer pipets?
They are designed to dispense one volume
Modified TRUE or FALSE, if FALSE look for the incorrect word/words:
The volumetric pipet (or transfer pipet) has a cylindrical bulb located midway between the mouth and the tip.
True
This is used when measuring non-viscous fluids. It offers the greatest accuracy and precision.
Volumetric or transfer pipets