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Skills to learn and practise

The analyst should know how to:

  • fill a pipette and dispense liquids using a pipette filler;
  • correctly align the meniscus of the liquid with the calibration line of a glass pipette;
  • identify and rectify problems with a pipette which is either blocked or leaking;
  • clean a glass pipette;
  • clean the mechanism of an automatic pipette;
  • dispense liquids using an automatic pipette.

Last modified on 21 September 2007.