FISCHER FISCHERSCOPE X-RAY XDLM 231, Operator'S Manual

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FISCHERSCOPE ® X-RAY 147
Calibration, Base Correction and Reference Measurement
FISCHER can supply the following calibration standards:
Before you start
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The instrument must be at operating temperature before performing the calibration.
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Perform the calibration at the same workplace as you will perform the measurements. If you set
up the instrument at another place, perform the calibration at the new place again.
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To get the best results, start a measurement for 20 minutes by performing the following steps:
a Click
Display Spectrum .
b Click Go .
c Wait for 20 minutes.
d Click Stop .
e Click Exit .
Base material of the cali-
bration standard set (same
as in the definition of the
measurement application,
Def.MA) Required only if the base material is not a pure element.
Pure element calibration
standard(s) Required only if the option Measure elements has been enabled in
the definition of the measuring application (Def.MA), i.e., the spec-
tra library is not used to compute the pure elements.
Materials to measure the
spectra background Required only in special cases.
Calibration standard set
(Cal-NS) Consists of a calibration standard set with several calibration
standards of a specific coating/base material combination.
Individual calibration
standard
(Cal-N) Individual calibration standard of a certain coating/base material
combination
Calibration foil
(Cal-F) Calibration foil consisting of a free carrying layer of a certain ele-
ment. Universally usable on many different base materials.
Customer-specific
standards