microplate

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Any of a number of plates containing a series of wells which may be used for storage or to perform individual assays.
Notes:
  1. Typically, these plates are constructed of a variety of clear and opaque plastics, and can contain from 6 to 3456 individual wells.
  2. White plates are typically used for luminescence, assay black plates for fluorescence assays, and clear plates for absorbance assays.
See also: microplate standards, plate format
Source:
PAC, 2011, 83, 1129. (Glossary of terms used in biomolecular screening (IUPAC Recommendations 2011)) on page 1148 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'microplate' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14161 RIS BibTex EndNote
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