A battery-powered, computerized instrument for the field-based determination of fluoride by the ion-selective electrode technique

A. M. Bond, H. A. Hudson, V. Mosby, S. N. Tan, F. L. Walter

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Abstract

Battery-powered complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) electronic devices are used to develop computerized instrumentation based on an ion-selective electrode for environmental monitoring in the field. The development of CMOS-based instrumentation for the determination of fluoride in drinking water, river water, lake water and sea water is described. The instrument is portable and completely field-programmable. Under software control, the equilibrium potential and fluoride concentration, based on a double standard-addition method, are calculated. The associated temperature, date and time form part of the data-logging record. Data obtained in the field are shown to compare satisfactorily with those obtained on samples which were stored and returned to the laboratory for examination by conventional mains-powered instrumentation. Accuracy is good and precision is only slightly poorer than that of mains-powered laboratory instrumentation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)195-206
Number of pages12
JournalAnalytica Chimica Acta
Volume208
Issue numberC
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1988

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