Different literatures read spectrophotometer in different time, I am very confused how and when to read the numbers of spectrophotometer and how to zero it. Please let me know if you can clarify this to me. many thanks in advance
Perv, I always measure at 593nm. I blank/ zero it using FRAP reagent+water.
I hope this one will be useful
Best regards
how do you prepare control... and what do you use to zero the spec????
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