Optical Kit Acronyms on AquaFluor | Turner Designs Help Center

You may have noticed that on the back of the AquaFluor, there is information regarding the Channels, A or B. These acronyms or phrases indicate the type of optics that is located inside of the instrument.

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For a quick reference, here is a data table to help you match up all of the optical kits we offer to the appropriate channel.

Optic PN on AquaFluor	Channel Label	Application	PN for Solid Standard Check
8000-402	NH4	Ammonium	N/A
8000-401	CDOM	CDOM/FDOM	N/A
8000-407	CHL	Chl a Extracted - Acidification	8000-952
8000-406	IVCH	Chl in vivo	8000-952
8000-405	FLT	Fluorescein Dye	8000-951
8000-403	OBA	Optical Brighteners for Wastewater Monitoring	N/A
8000-412	PC	Phycocyanin (Freshwater Cyanobacteria)	8000-952
8000-411	PE	Phycoerythrin (Marine Cyanobacteria)	8000-952
8000-409	RWT	Rhodamine Dye	8000-952
8000-408	TRB	Turbidity	N/A
8000-415	OIL	Oil (Note: Specs for Osberg Crude Oil)	N/A

You also may have an older AquaFluor unit that displays a channel name as GREEN-570, this stands for Rhodamine Dye. If your particular AquaFluor unit has a channel name that says BLUE, that stands for Fluorescein Dye.

Calibration Solutions for Various Instruments

Fluorescence Linear Range, Quenching and Temperature Considerations

Cuvettes or Test tubes for Instruments

AquaFluor Optical Specification Guide

C-FLUOR Optical Specification Guide