Commonly Used Procedures 6
Agilent Nano Indenter G200 User’s Guide
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Access the frame stiffness and area function information by choosing
Tip > Configure Tip
as shown in
.
Figure 6-82
Select
Configure Tip
from Tip menu
Tip definitions are stored by user-defined names. The recommended
convention to use is
Serial No. Date Method
(ie TB12938 042812
Express Test).
Stored information includes: Modulus (Tip material), Poisson's Ratio
(Tip material), Frame Stiffness, Constants for the function A= f(d). See
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Add
and
Remove
buttons are used to add or remove tips from the
stored list.
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Choose to:
•
Calibrate Tip and Frame
(most common)
•
Calibrate Frame (less common)
•
Calibrate Tip (rare)
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Once the calibration selection is made, change the settings under the
Calculate button to correspond to the specific head and method used
to compile the data as shown in
N O T E
Note the default value for the variable Tip Area Constant is zero. This
value should remain zero unless a tip which is physically flat at the apex
is used. Only in this case is a non-zero value required for the Tip Area
Constant variable.
N O T E
Once a tip is removed from the application NanoSuite no longer stores
the tip information. However, any data acquired (.mss file) with the
removed tip will keep the tip information stored regardless of whether
or not the tip is deleted from NanoSuite the application.
