acceptable range for pH buffers
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Does anyone have an "acceptable range" for pH buffers (we use Thermoscientific 4.01 and 7.00) with Phizatet strips. For example the log has some 4.5. Would you consider that acceptable?
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We use +/- 0.5 for the acceptable range.
We use +/- 1 for our pH QC.
Our buffers had an acceptable range printed +/- 0.1
We use Ricca Chemical Company and they state the pH 5.00+/- 0.01 at 25C or =/-0.05 at all other temperatures.
The original question mentions pHizatest. The paper measures pH in the range of 4.5-7.5, and the color chart is in 0.5 increments. You can't get a reading of "4.0" with a 4.0 buffer, because the paper doesn't read below 4.5. We check this paper with 5.0 and 7.0 buffers. We use +/- 0.5 because I was taught that an acceptable range is 1 increment to either side of the ideal pH.
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