Operation
qTOWER³ / qTOWER³ G
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6.2
Starting a real-time PCR analysis
WARNING
Biological hazard!
Exercise caution when working with potentially infectious materials. Wear suitable pro-
tective equipment, e.g. protective gloves.
WARNING
Risk of eye injury!
The rapid heating of the thermal block can result in the explosive vaporization of liquids
when the thermal block is opened during the PCR run. Always wear safety goggles dur-
ing operation.
CAUTION
Hot surfaces
The thermal block, the samples, and the heated lid reach high temperatures. There is a
risk of burns during contact.
Sample blocks in 96-well SBS format are suitable for use with 0.2 mL individual tubes,
8-well strips and 96-well micro titer plates.
These and other consumables can be ordered from Analytik Jena.
NOTICE! The force of the lid contact pressure was designed for a fully populated block.
If only a few samples are used in the block, ensure that the lid contact pressure is dis-
tributed symmetrically. Otherwise the sample vessels or the heated lid may become
damaged from excess contact pressure.
When inserting only a few sample, proceed as follows:
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When using few individual tubes, also insert additional (empty) tubes of the same
height in the four corner positions of the block.
Figure 10Positions for additional individual tubes when measuring with few samples