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EQUIPMENT FOR QUALITY CONTROL AND R&D  KARL FISCHER METHOD MOISTURE DETERMINATION CSC Scientific AquaPal Coulametric Titrator

The Coulometric Karl Fischer Titration was designed for measuring low moisture content. Typically the Coulometric method is used for samples containing less than 1% moisture and for sample sizes less than 200 milliliters (ml).

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Karl Fischer Method of Moisture Determination for moisture in liquids, or small amounts of moisture in prepared solids.

The Water Determination Test (Karl Fischer Method) is designed to determine the moisture content in substances, utilizing the quantitative reaction of water with iodine and sulfur dioxide, in the presence of a lower alcohol such as methanol, and an organic base such as pyridine.

There are two different determination methods in the iodine-providing principle: the volumetric titration method and the coulometric titration method.

In the volumetric titration method, the iodine required for a reaction with water, is previously dissolved in water, and the moisture content in the sample is determined by measuring the amount of iodine consumed as a result of a reaction with water in the sample.

In the coulometric titration method, first, iodine is produced by electrolysis of a reagent containing the iodide ion, and then, the moisture content in the sample is determined by measuring the quantity of electricity which is required for the electrolysis (i.e., for the production of iodine), based on the quantitative reaction of the generated iodine with water.

The apparatus for coulametric titration is comprised of an electrolytic cell for iodine production, a stirrer, a titration flask, and a potentiometric titration system at constant current. 

The iodine production device is composed of an anode and a cathode, separated by a diaphragm. The anode is immersed in the anolyte solution, and the cathode is immersed in the catholyte solution. Both electrodes are usually made of platinum-mesh. This coulometric approach to Karl Fischer titration is becoming more widely accepted in preference to the older volumetric method.

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