Quantum turret 6/FO Manual & Product Overview Download Page 1

 

 

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turret

 

6/FO

 

6

Position

 

Temperature

Controlled

 

Cuvette

 

Turret

 

for

 

Fiber

 

Optic

 

Spectroscopy

 

Manual

 

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Product

 

Overview

 

 

 
 

 

 

turret

6

 

Cuvette

 

Holder

 

TC

 

1

 

Temperature

 

Controller

Summary of Contents for turret 6/FO

Page 1: ...99019 8606 Tel 509 624 9290 Fax 509 624 9488 E mail quantum qnw com Web www qnw com turret 6 FO 6 Position Temperature Controlled Cuvette Turret for Fiber Optic Spectroscopy Manual Product Overview t...

Page 2: ...the turret 6 10 A General Description 10 B Cuvettes 11 C Cuvette z Height 11 D Cooling Water for the Peltier 11 E Dry Gas Purging 12 F External Temperature Probe 12 G External Computer Control 12 H De...

Page 3: ...le 5 USB cable 6 turret 6 accessory kit slits wrench blanks and 6 magnetic stir bars 7 vinyl tubing to connect water and gas Depending on Your Order Your Shipment May Contain Lens Systems 1 two t6 QCL...

Page 4: ...ure that water is flowing back into the bucket Check for leaks 4 If you plan to work at low temperatures connect a source of dry gas typically nitrogen to release on the cuvette windows Attach a lengt...

Page 5: ...osition 2 The collimating optics produce a 5 mm diameter beam that passes through the cuvette centered at 8 5 mm above the outside bottom surface Attach fiber optics as describe below Typically light...

Page 6: ...3 to reflect the excitation source back on itself Figure 3 Components of a lens assembly 1 Use the 5 64 inch hex screwdriver from the turret 6 accessory kit to loosen the set screw Figure 3 2 Remove t...

Page 7: ...urret 6 insert the CD into the drive If the installation does not start automatically locate the SETUP exe file in the root directory and run it The installation process starts with a small black wind...

Page 8: ...Start page is being displayed press SET to turn off temperature control 7 After measurements are completed turn off power on the back of the TC 1 controller and turn off the water source F Using the M...

Page 9: ...and press SET With ramping set turning on temperature control will generate a linear ramp to the target temperature When the sample holder reaches the target temperature the ramp rate will be set back...

Page 10: ...tte to drive rotating magnet Dry gas enters a 1 16 inch hose barb on the front of the instrument and is carried through a manifold in the floor of the turret to small holes on the bottom of the 18 cuv...

Page 11: ...ng it is particularly important to transfer this heat away from the Peltier This is accomplished with flowing water through the heat exchanger A source of water or other cooling fluid must be connecte...

Page 12: ...pt the plug on a standard Series 400 or Series 500 thermistor probe When a probe is plugged into the jack the probe temperature is presented on the display of the TC 1 Place the probe in a sample to m...

Page 13: ...he source fiber into the middle of the cuvette with a magnification of 2 7 The emission lens t6 QIL em focuses a small region of the illuminated volume in the center of the cuvette onto the end of the...

Page 14: ...out of range warnings loose cable check cable The temperature controller is not receiving reasonable responses from either the cell tower or heat exchanger sensors Since it is very unlikely for both...

Page 15: ...ature range 20 to 110 C temperature precision 0 02 C cuvette size outside dimensions 12 5 x 12 5 mm minimum cuvette height 30 mm cuvette z height 15 mm optical port dimensions 12 mm high x 10 mm wide...

Page 16: ...rom the set temperature of temperature readings returned from the temperature controlled turret 6 for set temperatures between 15 C and 110 C Thus it is a measure of the ability of the cuvette holder...

Page 17: ...reproducibility is a measure of the ability of the temperature to return to an original value See Figure 1 It accounts for differences depending on the direction of temperature change and differences...

Page 18: ...hown the time required to get within 1 C the time to get within the lock on temperature of 0 05 C from the target and the final time indicating that the TC 1 indicates the temperature is stable Temper...

Page 19: ...e controller In this case the controller includes electronics which convert the USB connection to a serial communications port However for the port to be available to programs on the computer it will...

Page 20: ...and set it to the most recent non zero stirrer speed setting F1 SS Turn stirrer off F1 SS What is the current stirrer speed setting F1 SS 1000 Stirrer speed setting is 1000 rpm 4 Temperature Control...

Page 21: ...22 84 The current temperature is 22 84 C F1 CT 3 Periodically report current temperature every 3 seconds F1 CT Stop periodic current temperature reports 8 Error Reporting F1 ER Report the current erro...

Page 22: ...re is 30 5 degrees F1 PA Stop automatic reporting of probe temperature every temperature increment F1 PX Change probe temperature returned to a precision of 0 01 degree 10 Temperature Ramping F1 RR S...

Page 23: ...anger Temperature F1 HL What is the high temperature limit for the heat exchanger F1 HT 60 The heat exchanger high temperature limit is 60 C F1 HT What is the current temperature of the heat exchanger...

Page 24: ...een made The commands in this section are intended to allow the program to prevent the TC 1 from sending those automatic reports F1 XX R Stop R or start R reporting all manual changes including those...

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