Volume calibration of 1000 μl micropipettes. Inter-laboratory comparison

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 13, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 261-266

  Batista, Elsa ^a   Filipe, Eduarda ^a   Mickan, Bodo ^b  

^a Inst Portugues da Qualidade   (Portugal)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calibration; Comparison; Micropipette; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149119539     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00769-008-0362-1     Document Type: Article

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