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| antigen/antibody complexes when formed at a high rate will precipiate out of solution resulting in a turbid our cloudy appearance |
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| measures the turbidity or cloudiness of a solution by measuring the amount of light directly passing through |
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| Nephelometry Indirect Measurement |
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| measures amount of light scattered by the antigen/antibody comples |
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| light scatters in every direction due to smaller particles |
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| light scatters mainly forward due to larger particles which cause a concentrated light scatter going forward |
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light source --> sample --> unscattered light
scattered light
photocell
readout |
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| must maintain a homogenous suspension |
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