Nutrient Monitoring

Biological & Toxicity

Sampling & Flow Measurement

Product loss

Primary devices/ flumes/weirs

Macherey-Nagel Photometers

Lab/Field Photometer

Nanocolor® Photometers, the portable photometer for field and laboratory with bar code cuvette recognition.

NANOCOLOR 500D

The digital photometer for all water and waste water applications.

NANOCOLOR 400D

The economical photometer for routine waste water analysis

The digital photometer NANOCOLOR 500D is the logical development of our very successful NANOCOLOR 400D photometer. The 500D is suitable for all applications in water and waste water, and has been designed meet future needs as well as today’s.

NANOCOLOR Bar Code Technology

Automatic, instant cuvette recognition by the built in laser scanner allows rapid, easy, routine analysis. The instrument calls up the test method, sets the wavelength, makes the measurement and stores the result directly from the bar code on the side of each cuvette.

Select a test type:

Or Return to

Macherey-Nagel Index page

Clear User Guide

The updated prompts guide the user through the instrument menu and makes using the 500D easy and straightforward. There is a choice of 12 languages (including English).

Data Storage

The measured values can be stored automatically if required. This is one of the options in the configuration menu. Even if the automatic data storage is switched off measured values can always be stored manually using the keypad. Stored data can be accessed via method, sample location, date and time.

Practical updating and processing of data

State of the art interfaces
Fast photometer update via internet/PC
GLP compliant documentation of measurements on PC or Printer
User friendly data export software
Data transfer in MS Excel/MS Access
Storage of calibration curves for programming your own methods.
Direct print out on the NANOCOLOR® thermal Printer (part No 919016)

NANOCOLOR Photometer Features

waste water analysis kits

In the Field and in the Lab

The instrument has a robust high performance battery with charge regulator that allows continuous use at 220V. The battery will give up to 3000 measurements when fully charged. The photometer can be set to power saving mode with automatic shut down after a pre set time (10, 20 up to 120 mins). Set your 500D up to be convenient for the way you work.

Universal Cuvette Holder

16mm round tubes, 10mm and 50mm rectangular can be used without an adaptor.

Versatile and flexible

Over 200 Macherey and Nagel tests
up to 100 of your tests. These tests can be linear or non-linear.
Automatic calibration and functional check
Photometric functions include extinction, transmission, measurement with factor, kinetics and two point calibration

Everything at a Glance

The graphic display shows all you need to know at a glance.
Measurement result with units