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From: std@revealer.demon.co.uk (Simon Dobbs)
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Subject: Re: cuvette question
Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 21:54:59 +0100
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Matt Jones <jonesmat@ohsu.edu> wrote:

> In article <6ivft6$4g4$1@pale-rider.INS.CWRU.Edu> James J. Campanella,
> jjc4@po.CWRU.Edu writes:
> >But, can you use quartz
> >cuvettes in looking at the white light absorbance of something
> >in a spec? In other words, does a lab need both a set of glass
> >AND quartz cuvettes? I have not been able to come up with a good
> >reason why not. Any comments?
> 
> Well, I could be wrong but it seems that if you hold a quartz cuvette up
> to the light and look through it, and it doesn't change the color of the
> light, then it ought to work for any visible light (at least within the
> limits of what your eyes can detect, which is probably pretty good).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Matt Jones
or simply run a cuvette alone against air in your spec, that should be
definitive, within the limits of your spec's performance.

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