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Sensor reduces biofouling in water-quality monitoring


For long-term water-quality monitoring, biofilms, barnacles, and algal growth are common culprits of poor data quality, clogging up conductivity cells and coating sensors. This is no longer an issue with the new EXO Wiped Conductivity & Temperature sensor from YSI, designed with and engineered for compatibility with EXO2’s anti-fouling central wiper.

The sensor prevents common types of fouling from impacting valuable data, including particulates, algae, barnacles, and trapped gasses. It improves the reliability of the conductivity sensor while improving the representativeness of conductivity data by avoiding stagnant readings and reducing the impact of micro-environments. Finally, it reduces the need for post-processing data and means the user spends less time manually adjusting for fouling-related sensor drift. Hoskin Scientific


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