METER AQUALAB TDL - General Safety Information

AquaLab TDL CONTENTS
Contents
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.3 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.4 Seller’s Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.5 General Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 About AquaLab 4
2.1 AquaLab TDL Instrument Specifications . . . . . . . . 4
2.2 AquaLab and Water Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.3 How TDL Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.4 AquaLab and Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3 Water Activity Theory 7
3.1 Moisture Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2 Water Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.3 Water Potential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.4 Sorption Isotherms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4 Getting Started 13
4.1 Components of your AquaLab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.2 Choosing a Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.3 Preparing AquaLab for Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5 Menus 16
5.1 Measurement Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5.2 Configuration Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.3 Admin Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.4 Data Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
6 Cleaning and Maintenance 29
6.1 Cleaning the Block Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
6.2 Cleaning an AquaLab TDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
6.3 Cleaning Procedure: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
6.4 Verification of Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
7 Verification and Calibration 34
7.1 Water Activity Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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