Instrument: Total Organic Carbon Analyzer

Dataset: 
TORCH-II
Instrument: 
Total Organic Carbon Analyzer
Instrument Short Name: TOC analyzer
Community Standard Description
(http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB04/)
Instrument Description:

A unit that accurately determines the carbon concentrations of organic compounds typically by detecting and measuring its combustion product (CO2). See description document at: http://bcodata.whoi.edu/LaurentianGreatLakes_Chemistry/bs116.pdf

PI supplied instrument name: Shimadzu TOC-5050A total organic carbon analyzer
Dataset-specific description

Filtered water samples for total dissolved organic carbon were pipetted into acid-washed combusted glass vials, acidified to pH = 2 with 12 M hydrochloric acid, and stored at 4 °C until analysis on a Shimadzu TOC-5050A total organic carbon analyzer.