Computer controlled fluorometer device and method of operating s

Details Computer controlled fluorometer device and method of operating s Computer controlled fluorometer device and method of operating s

1989-01-31

1990-07-17

Hannaher, Constantine

Radiant energy

Luminophor irradiation

2504591, 2504611, 2504612, 356417, G01N 2164, G01N 2162, G01N 2163, G01N 2100

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049423037

ABSTRACT:
A computer controlled fluorometer device and method of operating same, said device being made to include a pump flash source and a probe flash source and one or more sample chambers in combination with a light condenser lens system and associated filters and reflectors and collimators, as well as signal conditioning and monitoring means and a programmable computer means and a software programmable source of background irradiance that is operable according to the method of the invention to rapidly, efficiently and accurately measure photosynthetic activity by precisely monitoring and recording changes in fluorescence yield produced by a controlled series of predetermined cycles of probe and pump flashes from the respective probe and pump sources that are controlled by the computer means.

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