Thermo Scientific 42iQTL, Instruction Manual

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Calibration
Calibration
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The user sets the span concentration by pressing the Edit NO
x
Span
Concentration button. The Calculated NO
x
Span Coefficient button
will show what the span coefficient will be set to if the Calibrate button
is pressed. Pressing the Calibrate button will save the new NO
x
span
coefficient and calibrate the instrument.
3. Enter the NO
x
calibration gas concentration using the pushbuttons,
and then press Calibrate to calibrate the instrument to the NO
x
calibration gas.
The exact NO
x
concentration is calculated from:
F
+
F
+
F
) ]
NO
[ + ] [NO ( x
F
=
]
NO
[
D O NO
IMP
2
STD
NO
OUT
x
Where:
[NO
x
]
OUT
= diluted NO
x
concentration at the output manifold, ppm
[NO
2
]
IMP
= concentration of NO
2
impurity in the standard NO cylinder, ppm
4. Record the NO
x
concentration and the analyzer's NO
x
response.
Use the following procedures to prepare the NO, NO
x
, and NO
2
calibration curves.
1. Generate several additional NO and NO
x
concentrations by decreasing
F
NO
or increasing F
D
.
2. For each concentration generated, calculate the exact NO and NO
x
concentrations using the above equations for [NO]
OUT
and [NO
x
]
OUT
.
3. Record the NO and NO
x
responses.
4. Plot the analyzer responses versus the respective calculated NO and
NO
x
concentrations and draw or calculate the respective calibration
curves. For subsequent calibrations where linearity can be assumed,
these curves may be checked with a three-point calibration consisting of
a zero point, NO and NO
x
concentrations of approximately 80% of the
URL, and an intermediate concentration.
5. Adjust the GPT system to generate a NO concentration near 90% of
the URL of the instrument range selected.
Preparing NO, NO
x
, and
NO
2
Calibration Curves