Total Solids Flow Chart

Flowchart nodes

• Total Solids (TS) TS = TSS + TDS TS = (m1 - mdish) / Vsample

• Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) TDS = TS - TSS

• Volatile (VDS) VDS = TVS - VSS

• Total Suspended Solids (TSS) TSS = (m3 - mfilter) / Vsample

• Fixed (FDS) FDS = TFS - FSS

• Fixed (FSS) FSS = (m4 - mfilter)/Vsample

• Volatile (VSS) VSS = TSS - FSS VSS = (m3 - m4) / Vsample

• Vsample = the sample size, in liters, must be known (l) mdish = tare mass of evaporating dish (g) m1 = mass of evaporating dish + residue after evaporation at 105c (g) m2 = mass of evaporating dish + residue after ignition at 550c (g) mfilter = tare mass of filter (Whatman GF/C filter) after drying at 105c (g) m3 = mass of filter + residue after drying at 105 c (g) m4 = mass of filter + residue after ignition at 550c (g)

• Total Solids (binary/octet-stream)

• TVS = VSS + VDS  TVS = (m1 - m2) / Vsample

• Tds (binary/octet-stream)

• TFS = FSS + FDS