Construction and application of a portable microcontrolled turbidimeter for the in situ determination of sulfate

AUTOR(ES)

Santos, Vagner B. dos, Guerreiro, Thiago B., Faria, Ronaldo C., Fatibello-Filho, Orlando, Suarez, Willian T.

FONTE

Química Nova

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2012

RESUMO

This study reports on the construction of a turbidimeter employing light emitting diodes as radiation source at a wavelength of 405 nm, a photodiode as detector, a temperature sensor and a microcontroller used for data acquisition and processing. The turbidimeter was applied to determine sulfate concentrations in natural water employing barium chloride as reagent. Potential interferences and recovery studies were performed and an interference of 3.5 % and a recovery between 97.8 and 108 % were estimated. The analytical performance of in situ turbidimeter for the determination of sulfate was evaluated and compared with two commercial spectrophotometers and a good agreement was obtained.

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