title: Electrolytic conductivity: a reference system for aqueous solutions.
abstract: To establish a system for the measurement of electrolytic conductivity in aqueous solutions with traceability to the SI, a cell has been developed with a removable central section providing an accurate determination of the geometrical constant. As the concentration unit mass/mass, based and referred to the amount of substance in the SI, is recommended by international organisations, 0.1 molal KCl samples have been prepared and analysed. Results over a temperature range from 20 degrees C to 35 degrees C are presented. The main sources of error have been estimated and relative uncertainty has been assessed to remain at the level of 0.6%. Satisfactory agreement is observed when the results are compared with the reference values available from literature.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale Galileo Ferraris, Strada delle Cacce, 91, I-10135 Torino, Italy. ferrara@ien.it
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Durbiano
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Capra
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marullo Reedtz
mesh_terms: D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004573:Electrolytes; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes