Creating a liquid class

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This topic describes how to create a liquid class using the Liquid Library Editor.

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Liquid compatibility

 

WARNING  Agilent Technologies products are intended to be used with non-hazardous liquids. Please contact Automation Solutions Technical Support before using any non-aqueous solvents or solvents generally considered to be hazardous.

Procedure

To create a liquid class:

1	Open the Liquid Library Editor.

2	Click New liquid entry.

 

3	In the New Liquid Entry dialog box, type a name for the liquid class and click OK.

4	Optional. In the box at the top right of the Liquid Library Editor window, type a note describing the entry for your records.

5	On the Aspirate tab, type the values for the following aspirate parameters.

 

Note: The upper limits for some of the parameters might not be achievable for the device you are using.

 

Aspirate	Definition
Velocity (µL/s)	Specifies the speed of the aspiration stroke.
Acceleration (µL/s2)	Specifies acceleration during the aspiration stroke.
Post-aspirate delay (ms)	Specifies the time the pipettor waits after aspiration is complete before moving the tips out of the wells.
Z-axis velocity into wells (mm/s)	Specifies how fast the pipettor moves as the tips enter the wells.
Z-axis acceleration into wells (mm/s2)	Specifies the acceleration of the pipettor as the tips move into the wells.
Z-axis velocity out of wells (mm/s)	Specifies how fast the tips leave the wells.
Z-axis acceleration out of wells (mm/s2)	Specifies the acceleration of the pipettor as the tips move out of the wells.

6	Click the Dispense tab and enter values for the dispense properties.

 

The following table describes the dispense parameters.

 

Dispense	Definition
Velocity	Specifies the maximum speed of the dispensing stroke, in microliters per second.
Acceleration	Specifies acceleration during the dispensing stroke, in microliters per second squared.
Post-dispense delay	Specifies the time the pipettor waits after the dispense stroke before moving the tips out of the wells, in milliseconds.
Z-axis velocity into wells	Specifies how fast the pipettor moves as the tips enter the wells, in millimeters per second.
Z-axis acceleration into wells	Specifies the acceleration of the pipettor as the tips enter the wells, in milliliters per second squared.
Z-axis velocity out of wells	Specifies how fast the pipettor moves as the tips leave the wells, in millimeters per second.
Z-axis acceleration out of wells	Specifies the acceleration of the pipettor as the tips leave the wells, in millimeters per second squared.

7	Click Save changes.

The changes are now stored in the liquid library database.

Related information

 

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Liquid classes	About liquid classes
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