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cannot be recovered. Furthermore, preset programs cannot be deleted.
Saving
The Save button is used to write the current program and its
parameters into memory. This icon will appear automatically when
the user changes a parameter value or a setting in a program.
Otherwise, the icon is not shown.
Preparing a
fusion program
To build your first fusion program, you must first select a preset program template
that will be used as a starting point to design your own program. In most cases,
the Oxide program is a good all-around program. Copy it under your desired
name, as described above.
Once this “editable” program exists, you can adjust parameters to suit your
sample.
Heating steps
Heating steps all have the same structure. Hence, if you need only two
temperature plateaus, you could use Heating 1 and Heating 2, or Heating 1 and
Heating 3, and so on, without affecting anything. For standardization purposes,
Katanax tends to use the last heating steps, and leave the first ones empty when
not needed.
Temperature
Furnace temperature can be adjusted by
pressing on the plus and minus buttons
besides the crucible temperature icon.
Note that he X-300 firmware prevents the user to create a decreasing
temperature. The instrument will prevent a heating step from having a
temperature that is lower than an earlier step. Also, the instrument will
automatically increase temperatures of subsequent steps to match the step being
edited.
Examples:
Suppose that we have a program with Heating 2 at 500°C and Heating 3 at
700°C. You will not be allowed to decrease Heating 3 below the temperature
of Heating 2, i.e. 500°C.
Now suppose that the program has Heating 1 at 900°C and Heating 2 also at
900°C. If you increase temperature of Heating 1, the temperature of
Heating 2 will be automatically increased by the same amount.
User is advised that too high temperatures can lead to analytical problems, due to
evaporation of the flux.
Katanax does not recommend exceeding
1050°C
when using
lithium
borates.
Katanax does not recommend exceeding
1000°C
when using
sodium
borates.
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