NanoDrop™ Reagents

Our NanoDrop CF-1 Calibration Fluid should be used with the Calibration Check module of the instrument software. CF-1 is prepared from the NIST potassium dichromate standard SRM935 in acidified reagent grade water (Certificate of Analysis available from NanoDrop products).

We recommend confirming that your NanoDrop Lite Spectrophotometer is working within specifications every 6 months. The NanoDrop CF-1 Calibration Fluid is required to run the calibration check procedure. CF-1 is available from Thermo Fisher website (Cat. No. CHEM-CF-1)

The accuracy of your NanoDrop Lite Spectrophotometer can be checked by using the NanoDrop CF-1 Calibration Fluid to perform a calibration check. CF-1 is prepared from the NIST potassium dichromate standard SRM935 in acidified reagent grade water.

Please review the following steps to take when/if your NanoDrop 8000 Spectrophotometer fails a calibration check:
- Clean the pedestal with the NanoDrop PR-1 Reconditioning Kit
- Repeat calibration check using a FRESH vial of NanoDrop CF-1 Calibration Fluid and FRESH blanking solution
- If instrument continues to be out of specification, Contact Technical Support

You can easily check the calibration of your NanoDrop 8000 Spectrophotometer by using the NanoDrop CF-8 Calibration Check Kit, which contains two CF-1 Ampules and two 8-well PCR tube strips. The CF-8 kit is available from the Thermo Fisher website (Cat. No. CHEM-CF-8).
If re-calibration is ever needed, it is performed by a trained service technician. Due to the precise nature of the NanoDrop instrument design, these spectrophotometers rarely require re-calibration.