luminometer

Measures light emission

A luminometer is a laboratory instrument that measures light emitted by chemical or biological reactions, particularly bioluminescence and chemiluminescence.

It detects extremely faint light signals, making it essential for assays that use light-producing reactions to quantify substances like ATP, genes, or proteins.

The lab used a luminometer to measure bacterial contamination in the water samples.

Luminometers are standard equipment in clinical diagnostics, pharmaceutical research, and food safety testing.

instrument

photodiode

Light-to-current semiconductor

measurement

sensitivity

Responsiveness to stimuli

threshold

biochemistry

ATP

Cell's energy molecule

applications

pharmaceutical

Manufactured medicinal compound

assays

cytotoxicity

Harmfulness to living cells

Opposites
measurement principle

luminometerspectrophotometer

Light-measuring analytical instrument

colorimeter · densitometer

signal detection type

luminometermass spectrometer

Identifies compounds by atomic weight

Geiger counter · pH meter

Family

meter, illuminate, luminous, illumination, illuminated, luminary, illuminating, luminosity, luminescent

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G