01:119:117 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fokker E.Ii, Transmittance, Spectrophotometry

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Biological Science
• Course: 01:119:117
• Professor: Monica Torres

Document Summary

Lab 1: lab skills: assay - tool used in science that helps to quantitatively measure the amount of a single part of a total sample i. Labquest 2: data analysis i. ii. iii. Accuracy - how close a measurement is to its true value. Precision - the ability to repeat a measured value. Significant figure - digits that carry significant meaning to a measurement: ex. 25. 06 (4 sig figs), 0. 00023 (2 sig figs), 0. 501 (3 sig figs: metric system units. Volume - liter milliliter (10-3) microliter (10-6) i: mass - gram milligram (10-3) microgram (10-6, transferring liquids i. Serological pipette - 1ml to 10ml: squeeze air valve (a) pinch suction valve (s) to suck liquid pinch empty valve (e) to release liquid ii. iii. iv. Pipetman p20 - 2 l to 20 l; yellow tips. Pipetman p200 - 20 l to 200 l; yellow tips.