Guide

Weighing the Right Way with Laboratory Balances

Guide

Guidelines on Weighing Technique, Samples, and External Influences to Ensure Accurate Weighing Results

A comprehensive guide, "Weighing the Right Way", provides our recommendations on achieving more accurate weighing results and avoiding mistakes when working with laboratory balances.
A comprehensive guide, "Weighing the Right Way", provides our recommendations on achieving more accurate weighing results and avoiding mistakes when working with laboratory balances.

Factors affecting weighing accuracy can negatively influence the results of a whole analysis, such that it is important to be aware of the rules that need to be followed when working with laboratory balances.

Weighing is one of the most common, yet critical and time consuming, tasks undertaken in the laboratory; therefore, weighing the right way is crucial.

The purpose of this guide is to identify the most common factors affecting weighing accuracy and to explain the basic rules of weighing the right way with laboratory balances. The guide covers the full laboratory balance lifecycle, from balance selection, place of installation, and daily operation through ensuring ongoing accuracy, data management, servicing, and lean laboratory practices. It also includes an easy-reference glossary of technical weighing terms.

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Common Causes of Inaccurate Weighing Results
External Factors Affecting Weighing Accuracy