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Temporal stability of standard potentials of silver–silver chloride reference electrodes

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The four-year evolution of standard potential of a silver–silver chloride reference electrode (denoted further in the text as an Ag/AgCl electrode) is presented together with some suggestions for the improvement of pH primary measurement procedure.

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We gratefully acknowledge Dr. Petra Spitzer from Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany, for her valuable comments to the text of the manuscript.

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    Igor Maksimov, Masaki Ohata, Toshiaki Asakai, Toshihiro Suzuki, Tsutomu Miura, Akiharu Hioki & Koichi Chiba

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Maksimov, I., Ohata, M., Asakai, T. et al. Temporal stability of standard potentials of silver–silver chloride reference electrodes. Accred Qual Assur 17, 529–533 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-012-0913-3

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