Perkin-Elmer STA 6000, Installation And Hardware Manual

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The Sample List will now display the tare weights of the crucibles:
Once the empty crucibles are tared, remove each crucible and load the prepared sample
into each one. Return the crucible to the correct position in the tray. Now the system
can weigh all the samples before running the play list, or you can have each sample
weighed at the beginning of its run. With Sample List highlighted, click the
Weigh List
button. The Tare/Weigh System dialog box appears. The system automatically starts
the program to weigh each sample in the list. After the last sample, if there was a
missing sample encountered, a message is displayed:
The following samples could not be weighed. It is possible that the crucibles are
empty.
A list of samples follows. Click the dialog box's
Close
button to clear the box.
Click the
Done
button in the Tare/Weigh System window. The Sample List will now
display the weights of each sample.
For efficient use of the autosampler and to increase sample throughput, you can
remove one tray after the samples have been run and replace the crucibles with empty
ones while the samples in the other tray are being run.