Operation
Automatic Boat Drive
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Figure 7 Quartz boat with the carrier material inserted
NOTICE
Only use a single undamaged piece of quartz fleece as carrier material! When using sev-
eral small or damaged pieces, correct functionality cannot be ensured.
5.3
Manual sampling
Solid sample
Prerequisite: System components have been switched on, the multiWin control and
analysis software is running, an appropriate method has been selected.
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Fill a quartz boat with carrier material
(→ "Preparing the quartz boat for the analysis"
17).
NOTICE
Temper both components or use tempered components.
As an exception, AOX and EC/OC measurements do not require carrier material.
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Weigh the solid sample into a quartz boat.
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When prompted by the software to do so, use tweezers to insert the quartz boat into
the open sample sluice, making sure that the eye is placed onto the hook.
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Click on [OK] to confirm that the quartz boat has been inserted.
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The sample sluice closes. After a rinsing time has elapsed, which can be config-
ured in a method, the quartz boat is transported into the combustion tube ac-
cording to the parameters specified in the method.
Liquid sample
Prerequisite: System components have been switched on, the multiWin control and
analysis software is running, an appropriate method has been selected.
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Fill a quartz boat with carrier material
(→ "Preparing the quartz boat for the analysis"
17).
NOTICE
Temper both components or use tempered components.
If no quartz fleece is used, uncontrolled spontaneous evaporation of the complete sam-
ple or splashing of the sample may occur. In the worst case, the system is contaminated!
