PV830 Pneumatic PicoPump
World Precision Instruments
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APPENDIX
Use the chart below to guage the volume of a droplet and the table to determine the
volume a micropipette can hold.
1mL =
1cm
1.24cm
100µL =
4.64mm
5.76mm
10µL =
2.15mm
2.67mm
1µL =
1mm
1.24mm
100nL =
464µm
576.36µm
10nL =
215µm
267µm
1nL =
100µm
1.24µm
100pL =
46µm
57µm
10pL =
21.5µm
27µm
1pL =
10µm
12.4µm
Fig. 13—This graph compares the dimensions of a cube and a sphere with the same
internal volume.
Volume of a Micropipette
OD
ID
Approx. Volume/cm Approx. Volume/inch
1.0 mm
0.58 mm
2.6 µL/cm
6.7 µL/in
1.2 mm
0.68 mm
3.6 µL/cm
9.2 µL/in
1.0 mm
0.75 mm
4.4 µL/cm
11.2 µL/in
1.5 mm
0.84 mm
5.6 µL/cm
14.1 µL/in
1.2 mm
0.90 mm
6.4 µL/cm
16.2 µL/in
1.5 mm
1.12 mm
9.8 µL/cm
25 µL/in
2.0 mm
1.12 mm
9.8 µL/cm
25 µL/in
