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cu·vette

(kyo͞o′vĕt)
n.
A small, transparent, often tubular laboratory vessel.

[French , diminutive of cuve, tub, from Latin cūpa; see cupola.]
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cuvette

(kjuːˈvɛt)
n
a shallow dish or vessel for holding liquid
[C17: from French, diminutive of cuve cask, from Latin cupa]
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cu•vette

(kuˈvɛt, kyu-)

n.
a tube or vessel used in a laboratory.
[1670–80; < French, diminutive of cuve vat « Latin cūpa. See cup, -ette]
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Square One accommodates 1cm pathlength plastic or quartz cuvettes. Its built-in mirror optimises signal reflection for fluorescence, while two filter slots accept both 12.5 and 25mm diameter optical filters.
Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2082 is designed to validate the pathlength for reduced-pathlength spectrophotometers and cuvettes based on the absorbance values, and data are provided to correct for differences in the temperature of the measurements and spectral bandwidth of the spectrophotometer.
At the end of the year, EKF received a further order from the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) - the Mexican Institute of Social Security - for cuvettes for the HemoPoint H2.
In v/v method, 1 mL of both R1 and R2 are put in the blank, calibrator and sample cuvettes. Then we add 20 uL of calibrator in the calibrator cuvette while 20 uL of sample in the sample cuvette.
Diagnostics specialist EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc (AIM:EKF) has been granted a patent in the United States for its HemoPoint H2 cuvettes, the company revealed today.
It comes with 15 plastic cuvettes and lids, a USB cable, and a user's guide.
Re-calcified kaolin activated TEG was performed on the citrated blood samples, using native cuvettes, heparinase-modified cuvettes and native cuvettes with the addition of two different doses of protamine sulphate (20 U, 0.5 U, Valeant Pharmaceuticals Germany GMBH, Eschborn, Germany).
Because it won't scratch critical surfaces, it's suitable for cleaning film, slides, optics, cuvettes, balance pans, microscopes, electronics, and computer monitors.
These will be delivered with two months worth of cuvettes.
Both grades meet FDA 21CFR177.1010 specs and are suitable for USP Class VI uses in containers and diagnostic accessories, such as cuvettes, test packs and rotors, and crystallography trays.