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Check for ice bridging every 1 to 3 days as required. Ice bridging is ice
forming at the top surface of the water in the cell that bridges from the
reentrant tube to the outer glass wall. Ice bridging can cause a cell to be
broken. It must be melted back regularly.
CAUTION:
Wipe bath fluid off the cell as it is removed to prevent fluid
from running onto the bath controller.
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Check the ice mantle to see if it is free from the reentrant tube perhaps
several times a day depending upon use. This freedom of movement
means that there is a thin layer of water all around the reentrant tube. If it
is not free to move, small errors result in the acquired temperature. Insert
a room temperature rod into the fluid in the reentrant tube transferring
heat to the ice until the mantle moves freely. This movement can be
checked by rotating the cell quickly around its long axis. The ice tends to
stay in place as the cell rotates if it is free.
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Make fine adjustments as needed to the bath set-point temperature to in-
sure that the cell mantle is neither freezing nor melting inappropriately.
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Figure 4
Location of Handles for NBS Design Cells
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