• Clean heavy contamination by filling the vials with 1:1 HCl followed by multiple rinses with
distilled or deionised water.
• Allow vials to air dry.
• Touch vials only at the top to minimise dirt and fingerprints.
• Wipe the vials with the delivered cleaning cloth to remove waterdrops and fingerprints.
Correct positioning of the vial (Ø 24 mm):
Correct filling of the vial:
correct
wrong
Abbreviations
Abbreviation
NTU
FTU
FNU
FAU
TSK standards
The TSK standards purchased with the instrument should be used to calibrate the instrument.
It is possible to perform calibration with fresh dilutions of a Formazin Stock Solution. Using
dilutions of a Formazin Stock Solution it is recommended to calibrate and measure with an
indexed single vial or a set of matched vials.
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Definition
Nephelometric Turbidity Unit
Formazine Turbidity Unit
Formazine Nephelometric Unit
Formazine Attenuation Unit
Set of Turbidity Standards TSK TIR200
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