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The micropipette tip

Description

A micropipette tip is a conical tube made of plastic.

They come in different shapes (more or less tapered), sizes and colors (white, yellow, blue).

Uses

The tip is placed on the adapted micropipette, to allow a small volume to be taken with high precision and transferred to a container, solution or sample according to the application.

For more details on the description and use of a micropipette tip:
see the sheet on How is pipetting performed?
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