Water Products > Hydrolab Minisonde 5 > Chlorophyll a Sensor

Overview

Hydrolab has partnered with the industry leader in fluorescence measurements to provide the most accurate Chlorophyll a sensor available on a multiprobe.

Features
  • Ultra-compact size designed by Turner Designs specifically for integration into the DataSonde 5, or DataSonde4x, and MiniSonde 5.
  • Available with Turner's unique Secondary Standards to provide a quick and simple method to verify the sensor's stability over time.
  • The Secondary Standard can be adjusted to correlate to a known chlorophyll concentration.
  • Three auto-selected gain ranges provide a wide measurement range of 0.03 to 500 µg/l for Chlorophyll a.
Benefits
  • Provides the most accurate measurement of Chlorophyll a because of electronic filtration of ambient light, efficient optical coupling, and quality optical components.
  • Incredibly fast response time through electronic filtration of ambient light.
  • Excellent turbidity rejection due to small sample volume design and high quality optical filters.
  • Cost optimised for affordability and value.
Technical Specifications

Product Specification Description
Optical Characteristics:

 

Light Source

Light Emitting Diode

Detector

Photodiode

Excitation Wavelength

Chl 460nm

Emission Wavelength

Chl 685nm

   
Minimum Detection Limit

0.03 µg/l

Dynamic Range

Low sensitivity: 0.03-500µg/L
Med. sensitivity: 0.03-50µg/L
High sensitivity: 0.03-5µg/L

Resolution


0.01 µg/L

Accuracy

+/- 3% for signal level equivalents of 1 ppb rhodamine WT dye or higher using a rhodamine sensor