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Thermo Scientific Orion Star A214 Benchtop and Star A324 Portable pH/ISE Meter Reference Guide
Multipoint Calibration Curve Feature
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multipoint calibrations in the pH and ISE modes. In this technique, straight line segments are
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slopes and five Eo values are calculated to correspond to the four line segments that connect
the data. pH or concentration values for samples are calculated according to the segment that
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The displayed slope is an average slope of the separate segments. The slope may be outside the
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most of the range.
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