Malvern Instruments Spraytec, User Manual

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Size History view
This view, described in Chapter 4, shows the value of the derived parameters the
user has specified at every point at which data was collected during the
measurement. By default it displays Size and Transmission data, but can also
display any of the other categories listed below, showing parameters as follows:
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Size and Transmission – plots the Transmission , Dv(10) , Dv(50) and
Dv(90) parameters.
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Average Size and Transmission – plots Transmission and
Avg[Dv(50)] .
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Mean Sizes – plots Avg D[4,3] and Avg D[3,2] .
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Transmission and Percentiles – shows Transmission and Dv(10) ,
Dv(50) and Dv(90) .
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Custom – there are two of these, which the user can modify as required
using
Tools-Options-Default Size History View
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Double-click on a record view above the Size History view to open a new PSD
window of that view type.
Selecting records
Before printing, copying, exporting, averaging, editing or deleting records, the
appropriate records need to be selected in the Size History. For each of these
operations a different dialogue is displayed, but they all select records the same
way. As an example of how this works, the
Edit-Records
dialogue is described
below. Alternatively, use the mouse to select records before opening the dialogue.
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To select records using the mouse:
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Double-click the selector bar in the Size History view.
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Hold down the left mouse button and drag the selector bar across the re-
cords to select these.
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Release the mouse button. A grey band marks the selection.
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Select the appropriate command – Edit , Print , Copy , Average , etc. – and
in the dialogue which appears select the
Range
button. The operation will
be performed on the records selected with the mouse.
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N o t e
. To deselect a band of records, double-click in the Size History view.
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