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Thursday, September 09, 2010

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PCS^® System Components

ARTEL PCS
PCS Reagent Kit
PCS Instrument Calibrator Kit

ARTEL PCS

The ARTEL PCS is a compact, bench-top spectrophotometer containing wavelength specific filters allowing measurement of NIST-traceable ARTEL reagents from 100 nL to 5000 µL. The system features an easy-to-use screen-based interface that guides the user through the calibration of single channel pipettes.

Size	23 cm W x 11.5 H x 30.5 D
Weight	4 kg
Keypad	18 keys
Display	2 X 20 alphanumeric
Wavelengths	520 nm and 730 nm
Microprocessor	Intel 8031
Printer Interface	Centronics Parallel
Serial I/O	RS 232: 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity Noise < .00015A at A = 1
Inaccuracy	< 0.75% (range 0-1.5 A)

PCS Reagent Kit

The PCS Reagent Kit contains solutions manufactured by ARTEL to rigorous performance specifications. The Sample Solutions contain red dye while the Blank Solutions contain blue dye. As the volume-of-interest decreases, the appropriate Sample Solution contains an increased concentration of red dye, thereby maintaining constant signal strength to the detector in the PCS. The blue dye is used to calculate the pathlength of the blank vial.

	Standard	Bulk
Blank Vials	12	50
Data points per Blank Vial	Up to 40	Up to 40
Sample Solutions	Sample Solutions 1-4 included for pipette volumes 2.0 - 5000 µL (Additional solutions for pipette volumes 0.1 - 1.9 µL available separately)	Customized for each order
Calibration Standard	One vial for instrument zeroing	One vial for instrument zeroing
Storage/Shelf Life	9 months at room temperature	9 months at room temperature
Sample Containers	12	50
Transfer Pipettes	12	50

PCS Instrument Calibrator Kit

PCS Instrument Calibrator Kit The Calibrator Kit is composed of a series of vials containing solutions made of the same dyes as the Sample Solutions and Blank Solution. The kit provides traceability to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) by correlating the measured absorbance readings to the calibrated values encoded on the lot card associated with the kit. The set of vials must be measured every 30 days or when the environment changes by +/- 2 °C.