Chapter A: Instrument Specifications - Molecular Devices SpectraMax ABS User Manual

Chapter A: Instrument Specifications

Thermal specifications for plates used in the instrument apply to flat-bottom plates with
isolated wells. All other plate specifications apply to standard 96-well polystyrene flat-bottom
plates. Performance specifications for cuvette reads apply only to aqueous solutions that have
solute molal concentrations less than 0.4 M.
When you apply pathlength compensation to plate absorbance measurements, agreement
with cuvette absorbance measurements for the same solution requires that the solution
volume in the plate well is between 100 µL and 300 µL.
Technical specifications are subject to change without notice. Molecular Devices provides
validation documentation for software and hardware, as well as absorbance, fluorescence, and
luminescence detection test tools with its SpectraTest
microplate reader validation packages provide automated and comprehensive validation of a
microplate reader's optical performance.
Validation Packages Part Numbers
Part
Number
0200-
6117
0200-
6191
0200-
5060
0200-
6186
0200-
2420
0200-
7200
5065390 C
Item Name Compatible Instruments
SpectraTest FlexStation 3, SpectraMax 190, SpectraMax 340PC384, SpectraMax
ABS1 ABS, SpectraMax ABS Plus, SpectraMax i3, SpectraMax i3x,
Absorbance SpectraMax iD3, SpectraMax iD5, SpectraMax M2, SpectraMax M2e,
Validation Plate SpectraMax M3, SpectraMax M4, SpectraMax M5, SpectraMax M5e,
SpectraMax Plus 384, VersaMax
SpectraTest FlexStation 3, SpectraMax ABS, SpectraMax ABS Plus, SpectraMax i3,
ABS2 SpectraMax i3x, SpectraMax iD3, SpectraMax iD5, SpectraMax M2,
Absorbance SpectraMax M2e, SpectraMax M3, SpectraMax M4, SpectraMax M5,
Validation Plate SpectraMax M5e, SpectraMax Plus 384
SpectraTest FL1 FlexStation 3, Gemini EM, Gemini XPS, SpectraMax i3, SpectraMax
Fluorescence i3x, SpectraMax iD3, SpectraMax iD5, SpectraMax M2, SpectraMax
Validation Plate M2e, SpectraMax M3, SpectraMax M4, SpectraMax M5, SpectraMax
M5e
SpectraTest LM1 FlexStation 3, SpectraMax i3, SpectraMax i3x, SpectraMax iD3,
Luminescence SpectraMax iD5, SpectraMax L, SpectraMax M3, SpectraMax M4,
Validation Plate SpectraMax M5, SpectraMax M5e
Cuvette SpectraMax ABS Plus, SpectraMax M2, SpectraMax M2e, SpectraMax
Absorbance M3, SpectraMax M4, SpectraMax M5, SpectraMax M5e, SpectraMax
Validation Set Plus 384
Multi-Mode FilterMax F3, FilterMax F5, SpectraMax i3*, SpectraMax i3x*,
Validation Plate SpectraMax iD5*, SpectraMax Paradigm
* Specific read modes or cartridges.
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solutions. The SpectraTest line of
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