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Fluorometer - Turner Quantech


Tool Manager: Penny Burke
The Quantech Digital Filter Fluorometer is designed to perform analytical quantitative fluorescence measurements on various fluorescent materials including chlorophyll, fluorescein, histamine, vitamins, rhodamine, DNA/RNA dye complexes and other fluorescent compounds.

Download fluorometer operating instructions (pdf)
Download extracts from manual (pdf)
Download full version of manual (pdf)

Sensitivity Levels:
25 pg/ml dsDNA in 2 ml assay volume (PicoGreen™)
30 ppt QSO4 in square cuvettes,
20 ppt FITC in square cuvettes.

Available narrow band (NB) and sharp cut (SC) filters at NBTC
(See “extracts from manual” for filters used in common applications)

NB 360 - SC 415, SC515
NB 490 - SC 585
NB 590 - SC 605

Fluorescence Spectra Viewer (java)
(fluorophore exitation/emmision & filter cut-off's - from Invitrogen)

Quantech Fluorometer Specifications
Bandwidth                      5-200 nm (depends on filters selected)
Concentration Range       0.00-9999.99 (ppt)
Configuration                   Single Beam Filter Fluorometer
Detector                          Red Sensitive PMT
Emission Range               185-870 nm
Excitation Range              254-750 nm
Gain and Range Select     Automatic
Up to 9 stored methods   Std. Curve Storage (for each method)
Light Source                    Quartz Halogen
Linearity                          1.00%
Menu Driven Software     Simple interface for menu navigation
Operating Temp Range    20° to 38°C
Sample Holders               10 x 10 x 45 mm sq. cuvettes (standard)
Wavelength Accuracy      1.5-10 nm (depends on filters selected)
This material is based upon work supported in part by the STC Program of the National Science Foundation under Agreement No. ECS-9876771. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Any opininons, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research.


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