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Contact Point Information

Contact Prof. Dolnik or Golda Yelaun for more information. 

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Main Users of Instrument

The main users are General and Honors General Chemistry (Chem 18 and 19). Occasionally other advanced chemistry courses use it
too.

 

Web Resources

Misc AA300 PerkinElmer info

Summary of Contents for AAnalyst 300

Page 1: ... as an aerosol and the heat produces free analyte atoms Analyte atoms in the flame that correspond to the particular lamp being used absorb energy from the light source A detector usually a photomultiplier tube measures the light intensity exiting the flame The electronics convert the amount of light absorbed to the actual sample concentration The AA 300 is equipped with an automatic six lamp turr...

Page 2: ...he burner gas supplies to the spectrometer Exit the software including the main application and the Windows software Switch off the Spectrometer Switch off the computer Empty the burner drain vessel Dispose the waste solutions according the Safety Regulations Instrument Calibration Curve correction Quantitative measurements in Atomic Absorption is based on Beer s Law which states that concentratio...

Page 3: ...eadings generated by the AA should be close together If the numbers jump around that indicates that the AA should be cleaned This might be needed after using a sample that hadn t been filtered well If the absorbance signal is low there may be a problem with the lamp Note If the AA is generating unexpected readings check that the trap flask under the machine is not too full If it is too full fumes ...

Page 4: ...Yelaun for more information Click here for departmental directory Main Users of Instrument The main users are General and Honors General Chemistry Chem 18 and 19 Occasionally other advanced chemistry courses use it too Web Resources Misc AA300 PerkinElmer info ...

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