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From: Petr Kuzmic <pkuzmic@biokin.com>
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Subject: Re: cuvette question
Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 14:00:38 -0500
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James J. Campanella wrote:

> ...In other words, does a lab need both a set of glass
> AND quartz cuvettes? 

The answer is "no".  Quartz does not absorb any light in the visible
region of the spectrum, so quart cuvettes can be used for both UV and
VIS spectroscopy.

	--Petr

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