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October 21, 2012, 12:51am
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Hi folks, im new to electronics..
We have a project to create a tool to measure lead content in water...
one of the main material to be use is potentiostat... when i search for it.. they just give me the schematic diagram of it..
is it the same with potentiometer??
Thanks,
Kenster
No.
A potentiostat is the electronic hardware required to control a three electrode cell and run most electroanalytical experiments. A Bipotentiostat and polypotentiostat are potentiostats capable of controlling two working electrodes and more than two working electrodes, respectively.
The system functions by maintaining the potential of the working electrode at a constant level with respect to the reference electrode by adjusting the current at an auxiliary electrode. The heart of the different ...
A potentiometer is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding or rotating contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider. If only two terminals are used, one end and the wiper, it acts as a variable resistor or rheostat.
The measuring instrument called a potentiometer is essentially a voltage divider used for measuring electric potential (voltage); the component is an implementation of the same principle, hence its name.
Potentiometers are commonly used to control electrical devices such as vol...
Quite different. One (Potentiostat) sounds like it measures things. The other (Potentiometer) is a variable resistor with a knob you turn.
A rheostat is a variable resistor, one fixed terminal and one movable contact.
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October 21, 2012, 10:30pm
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is it possible that if we created the potentiostat based on the schematic..
we can be port it to arduino as analog input?
thanks for response