Review article

https://doi.org/10.31803/tg-20210326070107

ATLaS: Assistant Software for Life Scientists to Use in Calculations of Buffer Solutions

Ugur Comlekcioglu orcid.org/0000-0001-9093-4496 ; Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Biotechnology Laboratory, 46050, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
Nazan Comlekcioglu orcid.org/0000-0001-7729-5271 ; Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Biology Department, 46050, Kahramanmaras, Turkey

Abstract

Many solutions such as percentage, molar and buffer solutions are used in all experiments conducted in life science laboratories. Although the preparation of the solutions is not difficult, miscalculations that can be made during intensive laboratory work negatively affect the experimental results. In order for the experiments to work correctly, the solutions must be prepared completely correctly. In this project, a software, ATLaS (Assistant Toolkit for Laboratory Solutions), has been developed to eliminate solution errors arising from calculations. Python programming language was used in the development of ATLaS. Tkinter and Pandas libraries were used in the program. ATLaS contains five main modules (1) Percent Solutions, (2) Molar Solutions, (3) Acid-Base Solutions, (4) Buffer Solutions and (5) Unit Converter. Main modules have sub-functions within themselves. With PyInstaller, the software was converted into a stand-alone executable file. The source code of ATLaS is available at https://github.com/cugur1978/ATLaS.

Keywords

ATLaS; buffer; Pandas; Python; solution; Tkinter

Hrčak ID:

265006

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/265006

Publication date:

1.11.2021.

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