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Most of you likely work with airdisplacement pipettes. P20 and p200 micropipettes often but not always share the same size tip, while p tips are much larger. Impact of pipetting techniques on precision and accuracy. Thermo scientific pipetting guide types of pipettes 4 air displacement pipetting air displacement pipetting, used for standard pipetting applications, is highly accurate. Modified conformity identification of pipette tips. There is nothing wrong with that approachthey are, indeed, highly accurate and used for standard pipetting applications. Thermo scientific pipetting guide gnereal pipetting guidelines check your pipette at the beginning of your working day for dust and dirt on the outside. Different sizes of micropipettes often require different sizes of tips. Press the push button slowly and smoothly to the first stop.
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