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3 conductivity measurement, 4 gas flow regulation, Conductivity measurement – Metrohm 873 Biodiesel Rancimat Manual User Manual

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7.3 Conductivity measurement

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873 Biodiesel Rancimat

Shutdown temper-
ature

260 ± 11 °C
(if this temperature is exceeded, the heating is shut down, and switched
on again at 210 ± 11 °C)

Heating up time
for the instrument

approx. 45 min (from 20 °C to 120 °C)
approx. 60 min (from 20 °C to 220 °C)

Instrument exter-
nal temperature

< 50 °C
(at operating temperature 220 °C)

7.3

Conductivity measurement

Sensor

Conductivity measuring cell, integrated in the measuring vessel cover
6.0913.130

Structure

Conductivity measuring cell with 2 steel electrodes

Measuring princi-
ple

AC current measurement with 1 kHz frequency and approx. 1.7 V ampli-
tude (peak to peak)

Cell constant

1.00…1.20
(the exact value can be entered manually or determined automatically)

Measuring range

0…400 µS/cm

Resolution

0.1 µS/cm

Maximum error

±1 % ± 0.5 µS/cm

7.4

Gas flow regulation

Pump

Membrane pump

Adjustable range

7…25 L/h

Max. deviation
from the set range

±10 %