Quick Start Guide 2
Agilent Nano Indenter G200 User’s Guide
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4
Locate your sample. Avoid touching the sample with your fingers,
using tweezers if necessary.
5
Place the sample on the sample disk, as shown in
Figure 2-13
Placing the sample on the sample disk
6
Using wooden contacts (such as toothpicks), press down on the
sample so that it seats in the crystalbond, as shown in
Figure 2-14
Seating the sample into the crystalbond
7
Use pliers to remove the sample disk from the heating element and
allow the disk to cool to room temperature.
8
Turn the heating element off.
For samples that are sensitive to heat, follow these steps:
1
Locate a sample disk and place it on a heating element.
2
Turn the heating element on medium-low heat and wait for the disk
to heat for about 5 minutes.