TA Instruments TMA 2940 CE, Руководство оператора

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Running Experiments
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NSTRUMENTS
TMA 2940 CE 3–20
Stopping an
Experiment
If for some reason you need to discontinue the
experiment, you can stop it at any point by
pressing either the
STOP
key on the TMA
keypad or Stop on the controller. Another
function that stops the experiment is Reject
(
SCROLL-STOP
on the keypad) or Reject on
the controller. However, the Reject function
discards all of the data from the experiment; the
Stop function saves any data collected up to the
point at which the experiment was stopped.
The REJECT function discards all experiment
data.
Removing Samples
After the experiment has completed, allow the
sample to cool down so that you can touch it;
then the sample can be removed as follows:
1. Raise the furnace and move it off to the
side.
2. Open the probe.
3. Use tweezers to remove the sample from
the stage. If the sample is stuck to the stage
or probe, do not attempt to mechanically
remove the material ( e.g. , by scraping or
pulling) as this may cause damage.
• To clean off polymeric material, care-
fully apply heat to the stage and probe
area, removing the sample as it softens.
Take care not to overheat mineral- or
glass-filled polymers as this will cause
the filler to stick to the stage or probe.
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