Installation
Agilent 5100 and 5110 ICP-OES User’s Guide
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NOTE
Once the detector calibration is completed, the date and time of the last
successful calibration will be displayed, confirming the detector measurement
has been completed.
5
Ensure a standard glass concentric nebulizer, a double pass
spray chamber and the appropriate plasma torch (for radial or
dual view) are installed. Use manual sampling. The
recommended peristaltic pump tubing is White/White for the
pump and Blue/Blue for the drain.
6
Ignite the plasma.
7
Check that the Polychromator Boost purge is on.
a
On the ‘Instrument’ window of the ICP Expert software, click
the
Status
tab and check that under the Polychromator
section Boost is selected.
b
If the instrument was turned on from an idle state, the
wavelength calibration in Steps 7-10 can be performed
immediately. If the instrument was turned on after more than
a few hours of being unpowered the polychromator can take
several hours to stabilize the temperature and to purge.
8
Aspirate the wavelength calibration solution and then select the
Calibration
tab.
9
Click
Calibrate
in the ‘Instrument’ section
to perform a
wavelength calibration.
NOTE
Once completed, the date and time of the last successful calibration will be
displayed, a pass or fail mark will appear along with the wavelength error
indicating whether the instrument calibration is complete.
