Operation
PlasmaQuant MS product family
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5.6
Warming up the PlasmaQuant MS
With the plasma lit:
1.
Open the P
LASMA
A
LIGN
tab of the I
NSTRUMENT
window.
2.
Select T
IME
for the scan type in the lower-left corner of the window.
3.
By clicking [B
ROWSE
] in the bottom of the window select one worksheet of the
default worksheets for the setup.
4.
Press [S
TART
].
5.
To aspirate solution directly from a bottle rather than an autosampler, select
M
ANUAL
S
AMPLE
I
NTRODUCTION
from the window that appears, or direct the
autosampler to the rack/tube which contains the tuning solution.
6.
The PlasmaQuant MS will begin to scan. Aspirate the 1 µg/L (1 ppb) tuning
solution during instrument warm-up to provide a quick visual indication of
instrument performance.
The instrument will reach thermal stability within 15 minutes of operation after a
warm-up time scan is started.
The PlasmaQuant MS is now ready for hardware optimization (if required), or
to commence analysis (if a method is ready).
Fig. 26 Time scan displaying the signal during warm-up