
DDS CALORIMETERS OPERATIONS MANUAL V1.1 2022
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CAL3K Advanced Bomb Calorimeters
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10.3
CYCLE: INITIAL .............................................................................................................. 18
10.4
CYCLE: MAIN ................................................................................................................. 19
10.5
CYCLE: END ................................................................................................................... 19
10.6
CYCLE: COOL ................................................................................................................. 19
10.7
HELP DISPLAY ............................................................................................................... 19
11
OPERATIONS ...................................................................................................................... 19
11.1
LOADING DEFAULT PARAMETERS ................................................................................ 19
11.2
ENTERING PASSWORD ................................................................................................. 20
11.3
MASS ENTRY ................................................................................................................. 20
11.4
MASS ERASING ............................................................................................................. 20
11.5
SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION ............................................................................................. 21
11.6
GROUP IDENTIFICATION ............................................................................................... 21
11.7
BALANCE MASS ............................................................................................................ 21
11.8
OPEN LID ...................................................................................................................... 21
11.9
FIRE MANUALLY ........................................................................................................... 21
11.10
READ RESULT ............................................................................................................ 22
11.11
ABORT ...................................................................................................................... 22
11.12
UNITS OF MEASURE ................................................................................................. 22
12
CALIBRATION ..................................................................................................................... 23
12.1
CALIBRATION CONDITIONS .......................................................................................... 23
12.2
CALIBRATION IN DIFFERENT MODES ............................................................................ 24
12.3
PERFORMING A CALIBRATION ...................................................................................... 24
12.4
CALIBRATION AND RESULT GRADING .......................................................................... 24
12.5
AVERAGE CALIBRATION ................................................................................................ 25
12.6
CALIBRATION SUMMARY ............................................................................................. 26
12.7
FACTORY CALIBRATION ................................................................................................ 26
12.8
CALIBRATION FRQUENCY ............................................................................................. 26
13
SPIKING .............................................................................................................................. 26
13.1
SPIKE VALUE ................................................................................................................. 27
13.2
SPIKE MASS .................................................................................................................. 27
13.3
STEP BY STEP ENTERING THE SPIKE MASS .................................................................... 28
13.4
EASY CAPSULE SPIKING ................................................................................................ 28
14
CORRECTIONS .................................................................................................................... 29
14.1
COTTON CORRECTION .................................................................................................. 29
14.2
SULPHUR CORRECTION ................................................................................................ 29
14.3
MOISTURE CORRECTION .............................................................................................. 30
14.4
GELATINE CAPSULE CORRECTION ................................................................................ 30
15
FIRING ................................................................................................................................ 31
16
COMPENSATION ................................................................................................................. 31
16.1
MOISTURE COMPENSATION ........................................................................................ 32
16.2
FOOD COMPENSATION ................................................................................................ 32
17
LIMITS ................................................................................................................................ 33
18
TIME AND DATE ................................................................................................................. 34
19
3K-AP PRESSURE COMMANDS ............................................................................................ 35
20
PRINTING ........................................................................................................................... 38
20.1
PRINTING: SETTING THE PORT SPEED .......................................................................... 38