Content
1Preface............................................................................................................................3
1.1 Safety Guidelines ...................................................................................................4
2Description of the pH-10 mini Device...........................................................................6
2.1 Instrument...............................................................................................................6
2.2 Front Panel of the pH-10 mini Device...................................................................6
2.3 Rear Panel of the pH-10 mini Device....................................................................7
2.4 Required Basic Equipment....................................................................................8
3pH-Sensitive Minisensors .............................................................................................9
3.1 General Description ...............................................................................................9
3.2 Dynamic range........................................................................................................9
3.3 Characteristics of a typical pH sensor...............................................................10
3.4 Cross sensitivities................................................................................................10
3.5 Sensor drift...........................................................................................................11
3.6 Temperature dependency....................................................................................11
3.7 Limitations of optical pH sensors.......................................................................12
3.8 Response time......................................................................................................12
3.9 Housings of pH-Sensitive Minisensors..............................................................12
3.9.1 Planar Analyte-Sensitive Foils........................................................................13
3.9.2 Flow-Through Cell - pH Minisensor................................................................14
4Software........................................................................................................................16
4.1 Software Installation............................................................................................16
4.2 Starting pH-10 mini and its Software..................................................................18
4.3 Function and Description of the pH-10 mini Software......................................19
4.3.1 Menu Bar:.......................................................................................................19
4.3.2 Status Bar.......................................................................................................20
4.3.3 Control section ...............................................................................................20
4.3.4 Channel selection...........................................................................................23
4.3.5 Data Handling.................................................................................................24
5Mounting sensors........................................................................................................24
5.1 Mounting planar sensor spots............................................................................24
5.2 Mounting flow through cells ...............................................................................24
5.3 Measurement of a pH Minisensors.....................................................................25
6Calibration ....................................................................................................................26
6.1 Calibration.............................................................................................................26
6.2 Re calibration........................................................................................................26
6.2.1 Determination of calibration constants...........................................................27
