52 . TGA 8000 Installation and Hardware Guide
12.
In the Method Editor, select Calibrate Instrument from the Calibrate menu.
13.
Click the Temperature tab
in the Calibration window. Enter the name of each
reference material, the Expected Onset values, the Measured Onset values (four
temperatures at two rates).
14.
Check the standards you plan to use and uncheck the others. Always use a minimum
of 3.
15.
Click Save and Apply to send the calibration values to the analyzer and save the
current calibration file (SN_weightcal_st.tg8c).
16.
Click Close to exit the Calibration window.
The temperature calibration is now complete. For the case where you are calibrating to 1200
C you will be performing the onset calculation as above on the Cobalt analysis, inputting the
measured values into the table on the cobalt line, and selecting the cobalt checkbox instead
of one of the other standards.
Performing a Balance Drift Optimization
The Balance Drift Optimization takes approximately 7 hours.
1.
From the Pyris menu, select Calibrate Instrument from the Calibrate menu.
2.
Select the TG Drift tab in the Calibration menu.
Summary of Contents for TGA 8000
Page 1: ...TGA 8000 Installation and Hardware Guide THERMAL ANALYSIS...
Page 5: ...5 Safety and Regulatory Information...
Page 19: ...19 Prepare the Laboratory...
Page 25: ...25 Installing the TGA 8000...
Page 55: ...55 TGA 8000 Hardware Maintenance...
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