Make Sure External Influences Do Not Affect Your Weighing Results

Technological advances have simplified the operation of balances to make them easier to use and reduce weighing times. However, this apparent ease can mean external effects on weighing results are not considered. Learn how to ensure weighing productivity and accuracy with Mettler-Toledo’s new guide.

Inaccurate weighing can negatively influence the results of an entire analysis. Therefore, it is critically important to be aware of basic guidelines that need to be followed when working with even the most sophisticated laboratory balances.

Mettler-Toledo’s new guide identifies the most common factors that affect weighing accuracy to help you obtain the most accurate results while keeping throughput high.

This guide begins with suggestions for the optimum location of a balance. It then describes proper operation of this sensitive instrument before analysing possible external influences and their effects.

External influences - physical effects that can cause measurable disruption to laboratory balances - include: electrostatic forces; airflow; environmental vibrations; magnetism.

Sample characteristics such liquids that can evaporate quickly or the tendency of certain solids to be either hygroscopic or hydrophobic must also be considered and mitigated to ensure analytical accuracy.

Learn more about the types of damage these influences can cause and find solutions to improve weighing accuracy and product quality.

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