Thermo Scientific SAM12, Manual

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Issue: 1.0 Operating Instructions
Thermo Fisher Scientific SAM12 User Manual 5-21
To create a new Calibration
Source
, press New button to
display the Select a Nuclide and
complete all fields below
window.
Select a pre-defined option from
the list provided and enter the
required options (see above for
Description of options). Select
OK to create the new Calibration
Source or Cancel to quit without
saving.
All calibration results are logged to the database. The
"Calibrate" function allows users to overwrite the Calibration
factor. The "Cal Check" function informs the user of any
discrepancy with the current calibration factor.
To Check the SAM
Calibration
, select a Calibration
Source and Calibration Accuracy.
Then press Calibrate button to
display the Ready to Start
window.
The Calibration Accuracy, along
with the background
measurement, determines the
count time required when the
SAM12 is being calibrated.
Remove all items from the
SAM12 and press the Start
button.
Note that the Abort button can be
pressed at any time during the
process to return to the previous
window.
The SAM12 does a one second
background measurement which
is used in conjunction with the
Calibration Accuracy value when
calculating the time required for
the source count.