5 Key Factors to Consider When Selecting Cuvettes for Your Lab Experiments Kumar Jeetendra | November 22, 2023 Cuvettes are laboratory small tubes with straight sides, and they have a circular or square cross section. These tubes have one sealed end and are made out of plastic, fused quartz or glass for transparency reasons. Cuvettes are designed for use with spectroscopy measurements whereby a light beam is directed to the sample within the …