PERFORMANCE OF ROUTINE CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN COMPARTMENTALIZED CONTAINERS

摘要

In the performance of routine chemical and/or biological reactions, such as saturation analysis using a radioactive marker substance, the standard reactants are dispensed in appropriate amounts, in a prior operation, into a compartmentalized storage container which also constitutes the reaction vessel, the reactants being maintained in a stable unreactive state, such as by freeze drying, until the analysis is to be performed. The reaction is initiated by introduction of a sample to be analysed, whereafter separation of bound and free ligand can be performed either within the compartmentalized vessel itself or externally.