Calculates serial dilution using initial concentration and dilution factor or a concentration range. Main applications include ELISA and other microplate-based.
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[di-loo´shun]1. reduction of concentration of an active substance by admixture of a neutral agent.
serial dilution a set of dilutions in a mathematical sequence. In microbiological technique, serial dilutions are used to obtain a culture plate that yields a countable number of separate colonies. From this, a calculation of viable cells in the original suspension can be made, as a colony picked for pure culture.
se·ri·al di·lu·tion
(sēr'ē-ăl di-lū'shŭn)
The preparation of a graded set of solutions or suspensions, each member of the set being a fixed dilution (typically 1:2) of the preceding member; used particularly in titration of antibodies in serum.
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