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Luma 40/8454

Temperature-controlled cuvette holder with four optical ports for the Cary 8454 (or HP 8252 or Cary 8453) Diode Array System
Product Overview

The Luma 40/8454 is a temperature-controlled cuvette holder for a single cuvette with four optical ports permitting access at 90 degrees to the absorbance measurement. Optical slits may be used to limit access as appropriate for your experiment. Design your own experiment. Bring laser beams into your sample. Use the Luma 40/8454 for pump-probe experiments or any other experiment in which you wish to access your sample optically at 90 degrees. Easily mount the Luma 40/8454 in the open sample compartment of the Agilent 8454 Diode Array UV-Vis spectrophotometer.

The Luma 40/8454 is ideal for work in the biological range of 0 °C to 110 °C. To work at colder temperatures, purchase a Windowed Jacket, purge with dry gas, and work below 0 °C. For even more demanding work, purchase the extended temperature option and run the Luma 40/8454 up to 150 °C or down to below -40 °C. Questions? Quantum Northwest offers a complimentary downloadable guide to working with your benchtop spectrometer at high and low sample cuvette temperatures.

Operate the Luma 40/8454 using the Agilent ChemStation software (with a Quantum Northwest driver available now as a free download – currently in beta version with free future upgrades), or use the TC 1 Temperature Controller, included in the purchase price. For additional control and temperature monitoring, use Quantum Northwest’s computer control software, T-App, available for purchase.

Enjoy the power to capture absorbance spectra at precisely maintained sample temperatures, and to observe how sample absorbance changes with temperature. With the Luma 40/8454, a wide range of Peltier-based temperature control is now available for your existing Diode Array UV-Vis spectrophotometer. Easily plan and execute experiments that were not previously possible.

Product Features

Four optical ports
Rapid, precise temperature control
Optional extended temperature range
Windowed jacket available for temperature extremes
Variable speed magnetic stirring
Dry gas purge for work at low temperature
Mounting base and post for the Cary 8454
Probe input for sample temperature
NIST-traceable temperature calibration

  • Technical Specifications
    Number of cuvettes controlled
    1
    Typical use
    Fluorescence
    Standard cuvette size (outside)
    12.5 mm x 12.5 mm
    Optical ports per cuvette
    4
    Optical port dimensions
    12 mm high x 10 mm wide
    Built-in optical slit holders
    4 per cuvette
    Cuvette z-height
    8.5 or 15 mm for most models
    Windowed jacket available
    2, 3 or 4 windows
    Normal factory set temperature range
    -40 °C to +105 °C
    Temperature range easily achievable
    -15 °C to +105 °C
    Range with special techniques
    -40 °C to +105 °C
    Extended factory set temperature range
    -55 °C to +150 °C
    Extended temperature range achievable
    -50 °C to +150 °C
    Accuracy greater range
    Better than ±0.3 ⁰C from ‐20 ⁰C to +110 ⁰C
    Temperature reproducibility
    Better than ±0.07 °C
    Thermistor probes accepted
    Series 400 or Series 500
    Magnetic stirring motor type
    Stepper
    Magnetic stirring speed range
    1-2500 rpm
    Default stirring speed
    1200 rpm
    Stirring speed best performance
    60-1800 rpm
  • Basic Package

    Luma 40 – Temperature-controlled cuvette holder (standard z-height = 8.5 mm)
    Baseplate for mounting in spectrophotometer
    TC 1/Single – Temperature Controller
    BATH 10 – Circulator
    NIST-traceable calibration and performance data
    Accessories – Magnetic stir bar, tubing, cables, optical slits and opaque cap

  • Accessories
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