VIDEO GUIDE: Serial Dilutions

This video walks you through how to carry out a serial dilution in the lab.  Serial dilutions will be coming up tomorrow, and again in later practicals (plus serial dilutions are a part of your competency testing!), so it is important for you to understand what is going on, and how to carry out a serial dilution.


This video has demonstrated a series of 10 x dilutions.  You could have done a series of any kind of dilution (i.e. 2 x, 3 x, 4 x etc).  For different dilution series the volumes you use may change, but the basic principles of how to perform the serial dilution will be the same.

I hope that helps you out

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