User's Manual

Conductivity Sensor Appendix: Calibration
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Calibration: Xplorer GLX
Turn on the Xplorer GLX hand-held datalogger. Connect the
Conductivity Sensor to one of the PASPORT input ports on
the GLX. Press the Home Screen key (h).
• On the keypad, press F4 (I) to open the Sensors
screen for the Conductivity Sensor.
• On the keypad, press F4 (I) again to open the Sen-
sors menu. Use the down arrow key (d ) to select
“Calibrate” from the menu.
•In the Calibrate Sensors screen, the highlighted selec-
tion is “Conductivity Sensor” and the choice for Cali-
bration Type is “1 Point Slope”.
• Use the down arrow (d) to highlight the 
“Pt 2 (S/cm)” text area.
• Use the numeric keypad to enter the value of the stan-
dard conductivity solution. Press F1 (F) to select
“OK”. Press the Home Screen key (h) to return to
the Home Screen.
Sources of Conductivity Data
Environmental Chemistry: Air and Water Pollution (2nd
ed.), H. Stephen Stover and Spencer L. Seager, Scott Fores-
man and Company, Glenview, Illinois, 1976.
International Critical Tables, Vol. VI
, pp. 230 - 258, McGraw
Hill, 1929.
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
, 78th Edition, CRC
Press, 1997.
Electrolyte Solutions
, Robinson and Stokes, Butterworths,
1959.