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# Dilution liquid (5 L)

Bulk dilution liquid that you filter and fill into empty vials

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:label: Sales item `DL01`

:package: Fills **500 vials**

:globe\_with\_meridians: Country of origin **Denmark**

:label: HS code `9033.00.90`

:droplet: Contains **5 L**

<i class="fa-bolt-lightning">:bolt-lightning:</i> Conductivity is 1850 ± 50 µS/cm

:thermometer: Store at room temperature

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:safety\_vest: No GHS pictograms
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<mark style="color:$info;">We sometimes refer to dilution liquid as</mark> *<mark style="color:$info;">diluent</mark>*<mark style="color:$info;">. We use these terms interchangeably.</mark>

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## Non-sterile

Always pass the liquid through a 0.22 µm [syringe filter](/item-register/consumables/syringe-filter.md) immediately before use. Any 0.22 µm syringe filter works. SBT can supply one.
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## Included in

<table><thead><tr><th width="100">Item no.</th><th width="300">Item</th><th>Details</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>DB01</code></td><td><a href="/item-register/consumables/dilution-liquid-bulk.md">Dilution liquid: bulk (500× dilutions)</a></td><td><mark style="color:$info;">Holds one 5 L container, together with 500 particle-free vials to fill.</mark></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Filling your own vials

Fill an [empty vial](/item-register/individual-items/empty-vial.md) with dilution liquid to [make your own dilution vials](/item-register/accessories/dilution-dispenser/using-the-dilution-dispenser/fill-your-dilution-vials.md).

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**Do not store filled vials**

Fill only the vials you are about to use. A filled vial must not be kept overnight, because growth develops in it and skews your result.

Cold storage is not a fix. It may slow the growth, but it also takes the conductivity outside the range BactoBox® needs, and the measurement fails.
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[Using the dilution dispenser](/item-register/accessories/dilution-dispenser/using-the-dilution-dispenser.md)
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## Ready-made vials avoid the filling step

The [dilution vial](/item-register/individual-items/dilution-vial.md) arrives filtered, conductivity-adjusted, and long-term stable thanks to gamma radiation sterilization. Filling vials yourself introduces [several ways to drift out of range](/troubleshooting/qc-test-fails/dilution-vial-is-outside...md).
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