Traceability of pHT values of equimolal TRIS buffered artificial seawater solutions in brackish waters

Frank Bastkowski, Beatrice Sander, Steffen Seitz, Jens Daniel Müller
Abstract:
Assessment of seawater acidification can be achieved by the measurement of pH. A prerequisite for reliable and comparable pH values is traceability of pH measurement results to an agreed higher order pH standard. While this has already been established for low ionic strength aqueous solutions, traceability of pH measurement results for high ionic strength solutions is about to be realized for artificial seawater samples in the middle salinity range (5-20) on the so called total pH scale (pHT). In the present work we show details of the pHT measurement procedure for the measurement of TRIS (Tris(hydroxymethyl)- aminomethane) buffered artificial seawater solutions and the traceability of the measurement results to the SI system of units.
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Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC19
Event name:
1st IMEKO TC19 Workshop on Metrology for the Sea
Title:

"Learning to measure sea health parameters", Special session “Metrology traceability for oceanic parameters” together with TC8 and TC12

Place:
Naples, ITALY
Time:
11 October 2017 - 13 October 2017