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Common Instruments Used in Biochemistry Laboratory

Instruments Description Use


pH meter  This device assesses a  It is a tool for measuring
solution's acidity or hydrogen ion solutions.
alkalinity.  It is employed in the
biochemistry, chemical,
and pharmaceutical
industries to gauge the
pH of solutions.

Spectrophotometer  Is a tool for  They frequently used to


quantitatively measure the
measuring the concentration of a
transmission or substance in an aqueous
reflection of infrared, solution and measure
ultraviolet, or visible light intensity as a
light. function of wavelength.

Centrifuge  Is a laboratory tool used  Is used to sort particles


to separate fluids, gas or suspended in a liquid
liquid, according to according on the size,
density. density, and viscosity of
the medium, as well as
the speed of the rotor.
Water Bath  It has a thermostatic  Is a piece of scientific
temperature regulation equipment used to keep
and is heated samples warm for a
electrically. prolonged amount of time.
 A temperature range of
zero to one hundred
degrees Celsius.

Hot Air Oven  It is a sterilizing  Is used to sterilize objects


technique that is like glassware, forceps,
commonly utilized. and syringes made of
 The holding period is glass.
one hour at 160°C.

Calorimeter  It is a tool for  Used to quantify the heat


determining the amount produced by a chemical
of colored material in a or physical process.
solution.
 It entails a quantitative
assessment of color.

Micro Pipettes  A pipette is a lab


instrument frequently
used in chemistry,
biology, and medicine
to move a precise
volume of liquid,
frequently as a media
dispenser.
 It is made out of a small
tube into which fluid is
pumped.

Electrophoresis  Is a method of  Is a method used in


separation that can laboratories to divide
distinguish between DNA, RNA, or protein
specific charged molecules according to
particles or their size and electrical
biomolecules based on charge. The molecules
how mobile they are in a are moved by an electric
given electric field. current through a gel or
other matrix.

Fluorometer  When an electron in a  It is used to gauge the


sample is hit by and amount of light or
excited by light of a fluorescence that various
particular wavelength, fluorescing items emit.
the electrons in that
sample immediately
fluoresce or emit light of
a different wavelength.

Thermal cycler  The thermocycler  A device for polymerase


denaturates and chain reaction-assisted
reanneals samples with DNA and RNA sample
various reagents by amplification.
discretely and pre-
programmed processes
raising and lowering the
temperature of the
samples in a holding
block.

High Performance Liquid  Is a method for dividing  To separate a


Chromatography (HPLC) up a liquid mixture's mixture of substances
components. A stream in analytical
of solvent (mobile chemistry or
phase) is used to move a biochemistry in order
liquid sample through a to recognize,
column that is filled measure, or purify
with a separation each of the mixture's
medium (stationary constituent parts.
phase).

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