Scientific FAQs

For your convenience, here you'll find definitions, explanations, formulas and calculations related to a variety of scientific terms and principles. If you don't find the answer you seek, please consult your Beckman Coulter representative or contact us here.

 

 
If flow rate is high, and we are studying minimal concentration particles, what should we do to detect it? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]If flow rate is high, and we are studying minimal concentration particles, what should we do to detect it?
Does this tech apply for follicular fluid samples? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]Does this tech apply for follicular fluid samples?
Can you label intra-extracellular vesicle markers? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]Can you label intra-extracellular vesicle markers?
Can light scattering give me particle sizes of multiple components in a complex solution? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]Can light scattering give me particle sizes of multiple components in a complex solution?
Why measure zeta potential? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]Why measure zeta potential?
What is surface zeta potential? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]What is surface zeta potential?
What is count rate relative to laser diffraction? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]What is count rate relative to laser diffraction?
What is Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS)? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]What is Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS)?
What is intensity distribution? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]What is intensity distribution?
What is laser diffraction? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]What is laser diffraction?
What is quasi-elastic light scattering?  System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]What is quasi-elastic light scattering? 
What is Static Light Scattering (SLS)? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]What is Static Light Scattering (SLS)?
What is the correlation curve? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]What is the correlation curve?
What is the M descriptor? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]What is the M descriptor?
What is volume distribution? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]What is volume distribution?
What is Z-Average size? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]What is Z-Average size?
What is zeta potential? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]What is zeta potential?
Can an elutriator system be kept sterile? Why is this important for answering certain biological questions? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]Can an elutriator system be kept sterile? Why is this important for answering certain biological questions?
How is centrifugal elutriation useful in answering biological questions? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]How is centrifugal elutriation useful in answering biological questions?
What is centrifugal elutriation? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]What is centrifugal elutriation?
What is the tumor microenvironment and why is it important to tumor development? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]What is the tumor microenvironment and why is it important to tumor development?
What are the three main types of extracellular vesicles? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]What are the three main types of extracellular vesicles?
How useful is flow cytometry for EV isolation? What controls should be used? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]How useful is flow cytometry for EV isolation? What controls should be used?
Following isolation, what are the main methods for analyzing EVs? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]Following isolation, what are the main methods for analyzing EVs?
How are particles sized and counted using the Coulter Principle? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]How are particles sized and counted using the Coulter Principle?
Is there one technology for generating the most accurate particle characterization result? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]Is there one technology for generating the most accurate particle characterization result?
What are the properties that distinguish particles from bulk materials? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]What are the properties that distinguish particles from bulk materials?
How is particle size determined? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]How is particle size determined?
What are equivalent shape methods? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]What are equivalent shape methods?
How is the size of irregular-shaped 3D particles converted into equivalent spheres? System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid] | System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Guid]How is the size of irregular-shaped 3D particles converted into equivalent spheres?