Spectrophotometer: Control vs. BLANK?

anonymousanonymous
in Science & Mathematics

When you're working with a spectrophotometer, what is the difference between using a CONTROL and using a BLANK??

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  • punk-rock-and-mineralspunk-rock-and-minerals

    a control has broth media with no organisms in it, and is tested to get a background of how much light is blocked without any organisms clouding up the broth media. You then compare that to the broth media with microorganisms growing in it

    a cuvette with nothing it will not give an accurate picture, because the broth also blocks some light as well

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