Spectronic 20 stands the test of time

Since its launch in 1953, around half a million Spectronic 20 spectrophotometers have been sold for use in industry, research and education.

Since its launch in 1953, around half a million Spectronic 20 spectrophotometers have been sold for use in industry, research and education.

This analytical tool is still manufactured today by Thermo Electron Corporation and has remained an essential tool in laboratories through five decades of rapid technological development.

Affectionately nicknamed the Spec20, this instrument opened up spectrophotometry as an analysis technique and accelerated the move towards instrumental analytical chemistry in areas where, for cost reasons, wet analytical chemistry would normally have been performed.

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