ABL800 FLEX Reference Manual 1. Potentiometric measuring principles
Electrolyte electrodes, Continued
Corrections
The measured electrolyte concentration is then corrected for systematic deviations
from the reference method by the following equations:
Equation A:
ccX(sample,corr) X(sample)
195 L
µµ µ
A
0(195 L) (195 L)
A
1
and
Equation B:
cX(sample,corr,micromode) = A
0
(micromode)
195 µL
× cX(sample,corr) +
A
1
(micromode)
where:
cX(sample) = uncorrected value of the electrolyte ion in the sample
cX(sample,corr) = corrected value of the electrolyte ion in the sample
A
0
= instrument-dependent correction factor
A
1
= instrument-dependent correction cut-off
Chloride is corrected for interference. The default value
mmol/L is used in
−
3
HCOc 5.24HCO
3
=
−
c
Equation C:
L)(19513
-
L)(1950L195
-
HCO0956.0(sample)ClAcorr)(sample,Cl
µµµ
Accc +×−×=
−
Note that subscript “195 µL” in the equations above is used for convenience sake
and stands for “FLEXMODE (no message)” and “FLEXMODE (message 874)”.
Corrections for cNa
+
:
ABL8XX
FLEX
Mode A
0
A
1
Equation
35/25/15 S195 0.995 -3.00 A
S95 1.01 1.80 A, B
C95 1.03 -1.09 A, B
*FM (no message) 0.995 -3.00 A
*FM (message 874) 1.030 -1.00 A, B
*FM = FLEXMODE.
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