Article | REF: R2355 V1

Turbidity measurement

Author: Claude PELLETIER

Publication date: March 10, 2009

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1. Theory. Reminders

1.1 Interaction between a light beam and a particle

Measuring turbidity in a liquid is based on the principle of interaction between an incident light wave and a suspended particle, which mainly involves scattering, reflection, absorption, refraction, etc., as illustrated in figure 1 .

Light scattering by a particle
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