Tracers are compounds, usually dyes or salts, used for measuring, mapping, and monitoring water systems. Tracers are used for measuring water flows, studying and modeling surface and ground water systems, tracing contaminants in emergency response situations, detecting leaks, and measuring tank retention times.
Fluorescent tracers are chosen because they are cost-effective and easily and accurately measured on-site with a portable, field-ready fluorometer.
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Turner Designs sells Rhodamine WT and Fluorescein dye solutions that may be used for calibration and/or tracer dye studies. Click here to request pricing.
Fluorescent Dye Tracing
| General Link 1 | (998-5121) Fluorescent Tracer Studies (Overview of applications) |
| General Link 2 | (998-5000) A Practical Guide to Flow Measurement |
| General Link 3 | (998-5102) Fluorometry in the Water Pollution Control Plant |
| General Link 4 | (998-5107) Flow Measurements in Sanitary Sewers by Dye Dilution |
| Click to View | (998-5111) Preparation of Standards for Dye Studies Using Rhodamine WT |
| Click to View | (S-0005) Rhodamine WT Dye Worksheet: Amount of Dye and Injection Rate |
| Click to View | (998-5001) Using the Turner Designs Model 10-AU Fluorometer to Perform Flow Measurements in Sanitary Sewers by Dye Dilution |
| Click to View | (998-5104) Fluorescent Tracer Dyes |
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| Click to View | (998-5103) General Fluorescein Information |
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Products Available for this Application
10AU™ Field Fluorometer
A rugged, field-portable instrument that can be set up for continuous-flow monitoring or discrete sample analyses.
AquaFluor® Handheld Fluorometer
A lightweight, inexpensive, handheld fluorometer/turbidimeter.
C3™ Submersible Fluorometer
Incorporate up to three optical sensors ranging from the deep ultraviolet to the infrared spectrum.
C6™ Multi-Sensor Platform
Integrate up to six Cyclops-7™ fluorescence and turbidity sensors for extended or short-term deployments.
C-FINS™ Fluorometric Integrated Nautical Mapping System
Integrates the C3 Submersible Fluorometer’s digital output with GPS data for data mapping.
Cyclops-7® Submersible Sensors
Submersible sensors that are designed for integration into multi-parameter platforms.
DataBank™ Handheld Datalogger
A universal handheld meter, datalogger and power supply which is easy to connect and use.
Trilogy® Laboratory Fluorometer
A compact laboratory instrument for making fluorescence, absorbance and turbidity measurements using the appropriate snap-in Application Module.
10AU™ Field Fluorometer A rugged, field-portable instrument that can be set up for continuous-flow monitoring or discrete sample analyses.
AquaFluor® Handheld FluorometerA lightweight, inexpensive, handheld fluorometer/turbidimeter.
C3™ Submersible FluorometerIncorporate up to three optical sensors ranging from the deep ultraviolet to the infrared spectrum.
C6™ Multi-Sensor PlatformIntegrate up to six Cyclops-7™ fluorescence and turbidity sensors for extended or short-term deployments.
C-FINS™ Fluorometric Integrated Nautical Mapping SystemIntegrates the C3 Submersible Fluorometer’s digital output with GPS data for data mapping.
Cyclops-7® Submersible SensorsSubmersible sensors that are designed for integration into multi-parameter platforms.
DataBank™ Handheld DataloggerA universal handheld meter, datalogger and power supply which is easy to connect and use.
Trilogy® Laboratory Fluorometer A compact laboratory instrument for making fluorescence, absorbance and turbidity measurements using the appropriate snap-in Application Module.