{"id":1296,"date":"2015-09-16T14:07:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T21:07:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-04-13T10:24:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T17:24:43","slug":"1296","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/1296","title":{"rendered":"How can I have my ISE read mV output instead of mg\/L?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For Go Direct ISEs (order codes begin with GDX-), simply enable the sensor&#8217;s mV channel in the app.<\/p>\n<p>For most LabQuest ISEs (order codes end in -BTA), there is an experiment file within Probes &amp; Sensors&#8211;&gt;ISE folder in Logger <i>Pro<\/i> (version 3.4 or newer) that converts the output to mV. (Note: There is not an experiment file for the Potassium ISE. See the equation option below.)<\/p>\n<p>If you are using software other than Logger <em>Pro<\/em>, the mV output of the electrode can be calculated\u00a0using the following equations:<\/p>\n<p>For the Nitrate ISE, the equation that converts mg\/L to mV is:<br \/>\n23.92*(13.8-ln(&#8220;Nitrate (mg\/L)&#8221;))-168.23 = Nitrate (mV)<\/p>\n<p>For the Chloride ISE, the equation that converts mg\/L to mV is:<br \/>\n23.907*(18.415-ln(&#8220;Chloride (mg\/L)&#8221;))-168.23 = Chloride (mV)<\/p>\n<p>For the Calcium ISE, the equation that converts mg\/L to mV is:<br \/>\n-11.96*(-14.942-ln(&#8220;Calcium (mg\/L)&#8221;))-168.23 = Calcium (mV)<\/p>\n<p>For the Ammonium ISE, the equation that converts mg\/L to mV is:<br \/>\n-23.889*(-7.487-ln(&#8220;Ammonium (mg\/L)&#8221;))-168.23 = Ammonium (mV)<\/p>\n<p>For the Potassium ISE, the equation that converts mg\/L to mV is:<br \/>\n-23.5*(-7.2-ln(&#8220;Potassium(mg\/L)&#8221;))-168.23 = Potassium (mV)<\/p>\n<p>These equations provide the mV output of the electrode, before amplification. If you want post-amplification Volts, the equation is:<\/p>\n<p>V = 0.00727*mV + 1.223<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Go Direct ISEs (order codes begin with GDX-), simply enable the sensor&#8217;s mV channel in the app. For most LabQuest ISEs (order codes end&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11015,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1565,1564,1566,940],"class_list":["post-1296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-calcium-nitrate-ammonium-chloride","tag-ise-ion-selective-electrode","tag-mv-amplify-amplification","tag-voltage"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}