eutech-instruments cyanide epoxy User Manual

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Cyanide Electrode 
 
Instruction Manual
 
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS .......................................................................................................... 3 
Introduction ..............................................................................................................................................3 
Required Equipment.................................................................................................................................3 
Required Solutions ...................................................................................................................................3 
GENERAL PREPARATION............................................................................................................ 4 
Electrode Preparation ...............................................................................................................................4 
Electrode Slope Check (with pH/mV meter) ...........................................................................................4 
Electrode Slope Check (with an ion meter)..............................................................................................4 
MEASUREMENT.............................................................................................................................. 5 
Measuring Hints .......................................................................................................................................5 
Sample Requirements...............................................................................................................................5 
Units of Measurement ..............................................................................................................................6 
MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE ................................................................................................... 6 
Direct Measurement .................................................................................................................................6 
Direct Measurement of Cyanide (using a pH/mV meter) ........................................................................6 
Direct Measurement of Cyanide (using an ion meter) .............................................................................7 
Low-Level Cyanide Measurements (using a pH/mV meter)....................................................................8 
ELECTRODE CHARACTERISTICS............................................................................................. 9 
Reproducibility.........................................................................................................................................9 
Interferences .............................................................................................................................................9 
Complexation .........................................................................................................................................10 
Temperature Influences..........................................................................................................................10 
Electrode Response ................................................................................................................................11 
Limits of Detection.................................................................................................................................12 
pH Effects...............................................................................................................................................12 
Electrode Life.........................................................................................................................................12 
Electrode Storage ...................................................................................................................................12 
ELECTRODE THEORY ................................................................................................................ 12 
Electrode Operation ...............................................................................................................................13 
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE .................................................................................................... 14 
Meter ......................................................................................................................................................14 
Plastic-ware ............................................................................................................................................14 
Electrodes ...............................................................................................................................................14 
Standards and Reagents..........................................................................................................................15 
Sample....................................................................................................................................................15 
Technique...............................................................................................................................................15 
TROUBLESHOOTING HINTS..................................................................................................... 16 
SPECIFICATIONS.......................................................................................................................... 18 
ORDERING INFORMATION....................................................................................................... 18