| 摘要 |
<p>A pH-measuring method and device (50) for monitoring and then correcting for electrode drift is provided. The device includes a pH-measuring electrode (54) and more than one reference electrodes (52a-52e). During operation, the pH-measuring device is placed in contact with a sample (51). The pH value measured at each electrode pair is due to the electrical potential difference between the pH electrode and the reference electrode. The maximum and minimum pH values are determined, and then the remaining pH values are averaged together to generate an overall average pH. The maximum and minimun pH values are subtracted from the average pH to generate a difference which is then compared to a user defined drift level to determine if a particular electrode is deficient. The pH values from deficient electrodes are not considered when the overall pH of the sample is determined.</p> |
