Journal of Automated Methods and Management in Chemistry
Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 20384, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/JAMMC/2006/20384
Evaluation of a Multicommuted Flow System for Photometric Environmental Measurements
1Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Valencia, Research Building, Burjassot, Valencia 46100, Spain
2Instituto de Química, Universidade de Sao Paulo, P.O. Box 26077, São Paulo 05508-900, Brazil
3Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Centenario 303, Piracicaba, São Paulo 13400-970, Brazil
Received 27 September 2005; Revised 16 January 2006; Accepted 16 January 2006
Copyright © 2006 Eva Ródenas-Torralba et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
A portable flow analysis instrument is described for in situ
photometric measurements. This system is based on light-emitting
diodes (LEDs) and a photodiode detector, coupled to a multipumping
flow system. The whole equipment presents dimensions of