Measuring principle
Turbidity measurement
Article REF: R2355 V1
Measuring principle
Turbidity measurement

Author : Claude PELLETIER

Publication date: March 10, 2009 | Lire en français

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2. Measuring principle

Of the various ways of measuring water turbidity, two of the most widely used are nephelometry (measurement of the intensity of incident light scattered at an angle of 90° to the incident light) and opacimetry (measurement of the attenuation of incident radiation), which are also standardized.

2.1 Scattered light

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2.1.1 Nephelometry

Nephelometry is the name given to the photometric measurement of particle concentration in water by 90° scattering (also known as nephelometry). Nephelometers are...

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