Lab glossary
Drift (Karl Fischer)
The rate at which background moisture enters a conditioned KF cell, in µg/min. It is checked before analysis and subtracted from results as drift × titration time.
- Also: background drift
- Also: drift
Where you will meet this term
- InstrumentUV-Visible Spectrophotometer
- InstrumentKarl Fischer Titrator (Volumetric)
- InstrumentInductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES)
- InstrumentInductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS)
- InstrumentMicrobalance
- InstrumentKarl Fischer Titrator (Coulometric)
- Test methodElemental Impurities by ICP-MS
- CalibrationAnalytical balance: Daily performance check
- CalibrationKF titrator (volumetric): Drift check