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Operating Instructions
1707/05_EU-ml_00560756
Type 8203
pH probes or Redox potential probes
Operating Instructions
Bedienungsanleitung
Manuel d‘utilisation
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ABOUT THIS MANUAL ....................................................................3
SYMBOLS USED ................................................................................4
INTENDED USE ...................................................................................5
BASIC SAFETY INFORMATION ..................................................6
GENERAL INFORMATION .............................................................. 8
DESCRIPTION ...................................................................................... 9
TECHNICAL DATA ........................................................................... 12
ASSEMBLY ............................................................................................21
MAINTENANCE ................................................................................. 23
PACKAGING, TRANSPORT, STORAGE ................................ 27
DISPOSAL OF THE PRODUCT ................................................ 28
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ABOUT THIS MANUAL
This manual describes the entire life cycle of the product.
Please keep this manual in a safe place, accessible to all
users and any new owners.
This manual contains important safety information.
Failure to comply with these instructions can lead to
hazardous situations.
• This manual must be read and understood.

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SYMBOLS USED
The following symbols are used in this manual:
DANGER
Warns you against an imminent danger.
• Failure to observe this warning can result in death or in
serious injury.
WARNING
Warns you against a potentially dangerous situation.
• Failure to observe this warning can result in serious
injury or even death.
CAUTION
Warns you against a possible risk.
• Failure to observe this warning can result in substantial
or minor injuries.
NOTE
Warns you against material damage.
advice or important recommendations for your safety
and for the correct operation of the product.
→ indicates a procedure to be carried out.
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INTENDED USE
Use of the pH/Redox probe type 8203 that does not
comply with the instructions could present risks to
people, nearby installations and the environment.
• The probe is used to measure:
- the pH in clean liquids or liquids containing solids,
sulphides or proteins.
- or the oxidation reduction potential in clean liquids
or liquids containing solids, sulphides or proteins
which may present low conductivity.
• This product must be used in compliance with the
characteristics and commissioning and use conditions
specified in the contractual documents and in the user
manual.
• Requirements for safe and proper operation are proper
transport, storage and installation as well as careful
operation and maintenance.
• Only use the product as intended.
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Restraints
Observe any existing restraints when the product is exported.
Foreseeable misuse
• Do not use the pH / Redox probes in an explosive
atmosphere.
• Do not use fluid that is incompatible with the materials of
which the probe is made.
BASIC SAFETY INFORMATION
This safety information does not take into account:
• any contingencies or occurences that may arise during
assembly, use and maintenance of the devices.
• the local safety regulations that the operator must ensure
the staff in charge of assembly observe.
Danger due to high pressure in the installation.
Danger due to high temperatures of the fluid.
Danger due to the nature of the fluid.
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Various dangerous situations
To avoid injury take care to:
• prevent any power supply switch on.
• carry out the installation and maintenance work by
qualified and skilled staff with the appropriate tools.
• use the device only if in perfect working order and in compliance with the instructions provided in the user manual.
• observe the general technical rules during the planning
and use of the device.
NOTE
Chemical compatibility of materials in contact with
the fluid.
• Systematically check the chemical compatibility of the
component materials of the probe and the fluids likely
to come into contact with it (for example: alcohols,
strong or concentrated acids, aldehydes, alkaline
compounds, esters, aliphatic compounds, ketones,
halogenated aromatics or hydrocarbons, oxidants and
chlorinated agents).

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GENERAL INFORMATION
Contact
The addresses of our international branches can be found
on the last pages of this manual.
Also on the internet, at:
www.burkert.com
Warranty conditions
The condition to benefit from the warranty is the conforming
use of the pH/Redox probe in observance of the specified
conditions of operating.
Information on the internet
You can find the user manual and technical data sheet
regarding type 8203 at:
www.burkert.com
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DESCRIPTION
Sphere of application
The pH/Redox probe is used to measure:
• the pH in clean liquids or liquids containing solids, sulphides or proteins.
• or the oxidation reduction potential in clean liquids or
liquids containing solids, sulphides or proteins which
may present low conductivity.
General description
• The pH probe is a glass membrane with variable
selectivity according to the pH. When the pH probe
is immersed in a solution, a difference in potential is
formed, due to the hydrogen ions (H+), between the
glass membrane and the solution. This difference in
potential, measured in relation to a reference electrode,
is directly proportional to the pH value (59.16 mV per pH
unit at 25°C).
• When a Redox probe is immersed in a solution, an
exchange of electrons occurs between the oxidised form
and the reduced form of an electrolyte. The resulting
voltage is the oxidation reduction potential.
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Data inscribed on the probe
Logotrode pH 120
ID-Nr.: 427114 Storage: 4 - 30°C
REF 238723 Quality Control:
LOT 1720548 Slope (pH 4, pH 7): > 57mV/pH
2016-10-10 Zero point: 0mV +/- 20 mV
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1 Probe name, physical parameter measured and
length in mm
2 Ordering code
3 Internal code
4 Lot number
5 Manufacturing code
6 Value of the zero point
7 Value of the slope
8 Storage ambient temperature
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Versions available
The following versions of the pH or Redox probe are
available.
Probe Order code
pH probe, FLATRODE pH, 120 mm 561025
pH probe, LOGOTRODE pH, 120 mm 427114
pH probe, UNITRODE PLUS pH,
120 mm
560376
pH probe, CERATRODE pH, 120 mm 418319
pH probe, PLASTRODE pH, 120 mm 560377
pH probe, FERMTRODE VP pH,
120 mm
561727
Redox probe, FLATRODE Redox,
120 mm
561027
Redox probe, LOGOTRODE Redox,
120 mm
560379
Redox probe, UNITRODE Redox,
120 mm
560378