Macherey-Nagel NANOCOLOR UV/VIS II, Quick Start Manual

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5 Quickstart guide NANOCOLOR ®
UV
/
VIS
II / VIS II V 1.02 / 08.15
1. Introduction
Welcome and thank you for deciding on a spectrophotometer from MACHEREY-NAGEL.
The NANOCOLOR ®
UV
/
VIS
II / VIS II is a powerful, fast and compact spectrophotometer for
water analysis, which is able to evaluate MACHEREY-NAGEL NANOCOLOR ® tube and
standard tests. In addition, the instrument is also capable of determining the nephelome-
tric turbidity measuring of a sample by light diffusion at a 90° angle. The combination of a
10.1” HD display with an intuitive, icon based menu structure enables a fast, comfortable
and enjoyable handling of the spectrophotometer. Thus, the spectrophotometer is the
ideal laboratory photometer for the entire spectrum of water analysis.
1.1 Technical description
A halogen lamp and a deuterium lamp cover the wavelength range from 190–1100 nm
in the NANOCOLOR ®
UV
/
VIS
II. A halogen lamp covers the wavelength range from
320–1100 nm in the NANOCOLOR ® VIS II. The light of the respective lamp is diffracted
via a concave grating and sent through a slit into the instrument’s cuvette slot. After
the light has passed through the sample, the amount of absorbed light is calculated by
detecting the remaining light.
Matching the measured absorbed light with a pre-set calibration, the instrument can
calculate the concentration of the sought analyte.