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PASCO PS-2108 Dissolved Oxygen Sensor User Manual

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Model No. PS-2108

Dissolved Oxygen Sensor

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1. Water Temperature effects

Gases usually dissolve in liquids in an exothermic process. This expression represents that

process:

gas + solvent liquid

gas saturated solvent + heat (this will reach an equilibrium)

Le Chatelier's Principle predicts that an added stress to one side of this equilibrium will

cause a shift in equilibrium in order to accommodate that stress, thereby driving the
equilibrium point to the left in the expression below:

GAS + solvent liquid

 gas saturated solvent +heat

Experimental results support this theory:

This graph was constructed using DataStudio, drawing on data taken from Table HY-DO-1 in

the GLOBE protocol for Dissolved Oxygen.

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