Used BIOTEK ELx808

The ELx808 Absorbance Microplate Reader provides the flexibility to manipulate and analyze your data. This multi-channel reader continues BioTek’s tradition of offering the tightest specifications of any microplate reader – precise, accurate and repeatable. The ELx808 on-board diagnostic self-test and calibration test plate make it easy to confirm and document reader performance. All calculations are performed automatically. Combined with our history of quality hardware engineering, the ELx808 sets the standard for microplate readers.

General

Detection modes: Absorbance
Read methods: End point, kinetic, linear scanning
Microplate types: 96-well plates
Temperature control:
4-Zone incubation to 50 °C
+0.2 °C at 37 °C
Shaking: Linear
Software: Gen5 Reader Control Software

Absorbance

Light source: Tungsten halogen
Detector: photodiode
Wavelength selection: filters
Wavelength range:
380 to 900 nm
340 to 900 nm (ELx808IU)
Dynamic range: 0 to 4.0 OD
Resolution:001 OD
Pathlength correction: no
Filter wheel capacity: 6 positions
Filters supplied: 4 filters (5 with UV option)
OD accuracy:
< 1% at 2.5 OD
< 2% at 3.5 OD
OD linearity: