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Chapter 4
MS Detector Maintenance
LTQ performance depends on the maintenance of all parts of the instrument.
It is your responsibility to maintain your system properly by performing
the system maintenance procedures on a regular basis.
This chapter describes routine MS detector maintenance procedures that must
be performed to ensure optimum performance of the instrument. Most of the
procedures involve cleaning. For example, procedures are provided for
cleaning the API source, ion guides, mass analyzer, and ion detection system.
Procedures are also presented for replacing the API sample tube, ion transfer
capillary, and API source, ion optics, and mass analyzer assemblies.
Routine and less frequent MS detector maintenance procedures are listed in
Table 4-1.
