Nickel Assay Kit (ab241008) provides a simple method of quantifying Ni2+ in a variety of samples. The assay takes advantage of reaction of Ni2+ with mercaptoethanol in borate buffer to form a complex with strong absorbance bands from ~300 to 600 nm. Fe2+ and Co2+ interfere with the assay, therefore extra steps (as described below) must be taken to subtract the interference in order to determine the correct Nickel concentration in mixed samples. Other ions tested (Mn2+, Cu2+, Zn2+) do not interfere with the assay, presumably no other ionic species are present in high enough concentration to interfere with the reaction. The assay is a simple method of quantifying Ni2+ in a variety of samples, which gives a linear range of 2 to 50 nmol nickel containing less than 25 nmol cobalt.
This product is manufactured by BioVision, an Abcam company and was previously called K510 Nickel Colorimetric Assay Kit. K510-100 is the same size as the 100 test size of ab241008.
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