Slight Water Agitation Affects PH?

[revitup]

Should just slightly agitating (vigorously stirring) the water in the container I'm testing affect the PH of that sample?

 

[setsailsoon]

If you're shaking it so vigorously that you're getting air on the probe it definitely will. I typically swirl the probe around directly in the pool itself. It always stabilizes quickly but if I swirl too vigorously it gets air on it and the value changes.

Chris

 

[revitup]

I was shaking the PH probe pretty vigorously, value seemed to climb a tenth or two every time I did. I'll modify my procedure to avoid that, thanks for confirming.