How to make calcium-sensitive minielectrodes

Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2013 Apr 1;2013(4):370-3. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot072850.

Abstract

In this protocol we describe how to make and use minielectrodes for measuring [Ca(2+)] in small volumes of solution. The minielectrodes are ~2 mm in diameter and have sufficiently low resistances to be used with a standard pH meter. They are made by dipping polyethylene or borosilicate glass tubes (~5 cm long) in a membrane solution. Although the chemicals used to make these Ca(2+)-sensitive minielectrodes are expensive, they can be used to make hundreds of electrodes, each with a useful life of several months.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Calcium / analysis*
  • Chemistry Techniques, Analytical / economics
  • Chemistry Techniques, Analytical / methods*
  • Ion-Selective Electrodes*

Substances

  • Calcium