NEET Class neet Answered

Micropipettes are utilized in the laboratory to transfer small quantities of liquid, usually down to 0.1 uL.

Types of micropipettes:

• Fixed volume: In which the volume of the liquid to be taken is fixed.
• Variable pipette: In which the volume of the liquid to be taken can be varied depending on the requirement.

Uses of micropipette:

• Used to dispense very minute quanitities of liquids in chemistry, biology, forensic, pharmaceutical, and drug discovery labs.
• Useful for sterile microbiological culture transfers.
• Used in transferring micro amounts of enzymes during DNA extraction.