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Evaluate Disposable Sample Chips and Complete the Evaluation of Sample Accuracy Through Evaluation of Chip Filling Methods

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1091352· OSTI ID:1091352
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  1. Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

In FY-12, the glass sample chips were filled by capillary action when they were dipped into the solutions being sampled either by hand or by the robotic sampling system. Issues were noted at the end of FY-12 that many of the channels were not completely filling (10-15% of the 10 μl channels and up to 40% of the 2 μl channels). Therefore, testing was conducted in FY-13 on filling the glass sample chips by use of a flow-through header (Table 1). Results indicate flow through filling is better at completely filling the chip channels, although some amount of solution can be lost when the chip is removed from the filling header.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-05ID14517
OSTI ID:
1091352
Report Number(s):
INL/EXT--13-28796
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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