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13. Warranty 

Ultrafast Systems warrants that the spectrometer system (the Product), that is the subject of this 
sale, (a) conforms to Ultrafast Systems’ published specifications and (b) is free from defects in 
materials and workmanship. 

The Product is warranted to conform to Ultrafast Systems’ published specifications and to be free 
from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of 
installation. If the Product is found to be defective during the warranty period, the Product will 
either be repaired or replaced at Ultrafast Systems’ option. 

To exercise this warranty, write to or call your local Ultrafast Systems office or representative, or 
contact Ultrafast Systems headquarters in Sarasota, Florida. You will be given prompt assistance 
and return instructions. Send the Product, freight prepaid, to the indicated service facility. Repairs 
will be made, and the instrument returned, freight prepaid. Repaired Products are warranted for the 
remainder of the original warranty period. 

Limitation of Warranty 

The foregoing warranty shall not apply to defects resulting from: 

1.

Unauthorized repair or modification that was performed without written approval by Ultrafast 
Systems. 

2.

Operation outside the environmental specifications of the Product, leading to the Product being 
subjected to unusual physical, thermal or electrical stress. 

This warranty does not apply to misuse, abuse, accident or negligence in use, improper installation 
storage, transportation or handling not specifically authorized by Ultrafast Systems. 

This warranty does not apply to fuses, batteries, or damage from battery leakage. 

This warranty is in lieu of all other warranties, expressed or implied, including any implied warranty 
of merchantability or fitness for a particular use. Ultrafast Systems shall not be liable for any 
indirect, special, or consequential damages resulting from the purchase or use of its products. 

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Содержание KRONOS

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Страница 2: ...direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defects in this documentation 2022 Ultrafast Systems All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced or copi...

Страница 3: ...g the Excitation and Detection Wavelengths 15 7 4 Acquiring Data 18 8 Familiarizing Yourself with the Reference Samples 20 8 1 Base Catalysis of the cis trans Isomerization of Congo Red 20 8 2 Determi...

Страница 4: ...mental Approach 32 11 Maintenance and Troubleshooting 33 11 1 Maintenance 33 11 2 Troubleshooting 34 12 Appendix 35 13 Warranty 36 Limitation of Warranty 36 14 Notice 37 14 1 Con fi dentiality Proprie...

Страница 5: ...used for different experiments in Kronos The inset shows the full curve note the strong spike due to the fl ash lamp 19 Figure 9 Ground state absorption spectrum of Congo Red trans conf in 20 water e...

Страница 6: ...positions with respect to each other Chemical Kinetics is one of the major divisions of Physical Chemistry and is basically the quantitative study of the rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions Che...

Страница 7: ...when it is fi lled with liquid Always remove the cuvette before changing contents Never fi ll or re fi ll the cuvette when it is in the sample holder The optimal operation temperature of Kronos is at...

Страница 8: ...uirements USB cable 28 AWG shielded Power source USB connection Supplied current 500 mA Supplied voltage 5 V Operating temperature 15 to 40 C Operating relative humidity 10 to 70 non condensing Spectr...

Страница 9: ...Detector Speci fi cations Detector type Silicon PIN Active area 3 6 x 3 6 mm 13 mm2 Wavelength range 350 to 1100 nm Rise time 14 ns Bias voltage 10 V 8...

Страница 10: ...phing software e g Microsoft Excel OriginLab Origin etc 4 Unpacking and Inspection The Kronos spectrometer is carefully packaged at the factory to minimize the possibility of damage during shipping In...

Страница 11: ...h allows rapid replacements of standard square fi lters and cuvettes The detection fi lters are mounted in a customized holder Figure 2c shows the simpli fi ed optical layout of the Kronos Figure 2 3D...

Страница 12: ...pump source Sample 10mm 10mm cuvette holder L1 L2 Lenses PD Silicon photodiode Exc fi lter Holder for 25mm 25mm 2mm fi lters for excitation wavelength selectivity Det fi lter Holder for 0 5 diameter f...

Страница 13: ...djust the range slider to achieve su ffi cient signal to noise Absorption Emission Select either Absorption or Emission experiment modes Run Starts measurement Save Save data in CSV format fi rst colu...

Страница 14: ...atically the Y axis range will adjust to display the signal only showing the large spike around time 0 The default X axis setting is Auto Scale To change this right click anywhere on the plot and choo...

Страница 15: ...ault cursor mode on the graph is y axis zoom ELEMENT DESCRIPTION Axis Autoscale mode OFF and ON Autoscale axis once Pan graph Select between graph zoom modes Select X and Y region to zoom in Select X...

Страница 16: ...plays a value This will be I0 i e the baseline intensity before any pump induced changes In absorption mode during data acquisition the Kronos will wait for approximately 2 sec between fl ashes to all...

Страница 17: ...Figure 4 Spectra of Kronos light sources a Xenon fl ash lamp for the pump b LED for the probe 16...

Страница 18: ...dark blue fi lter 300 450 nm 700 nm has high transmittance around 350 nm and allows the Xe lamp to function as a UV blue light source If you wish to pump with a separate wavelength region e g 500 nm...

Страница 19: ...5 nm Any incident light within this bandwidth has high transmittance Figure 6 Transmission spectrum of 600 nm detection dielectric interference fi lter 7 4 Acquiring Data Place a fi lled cuvette into...

Страница 20: ...etic interference in the circuitry and is intrinsic to the equipment Since the temporal resolution of the Kronos is around 100 s you can safely reject the artifact and simply use the datapoints after...

Страница 21: ...m of a solution of CR in its trans ground state in 20 water ethanol is shown in Figure 9 The dye absorbs strongly throughout the visible range and peaks at 510 nm Experiment Base catalysis of cis tran...

Страница 22: ...ion and measure its rate on timescales that cannot be achieved by traditional mixing methods Using both acids and bases which function as catalysts this experiment allows the user to fi nd the bimolec...

Страница 23: ...ht causing the detector to register a drop in transmission Then the excited cis state returns to the trans state ground state over many milliseconds Adjust averaging as desired then measure the other...

Страница 24: ...ion for reference Piard Jonathan In fl uence of the Solvent on the Thermal Back Reaction of One Spiropyran Journal of Chemical Education 2014 91 2105 2111 6 NO BIPS undergoes a photochemical ring open...

Страница 25: ...the kinetics of the back reaction will be measured for a range of temperatures in order to determine the activation energy E of the back reaction The literature reported value for E 62 5 kJ mol Figur...

Страница 26: ...time pro fi le is shown in Figure 15 for a temperature of 55 C Also shown in this plot is the fi tted exponential decay function red line calculated using OriginLab Origin a commercial graphing softwa...

Страница 27: ...Figure 15 Example decay and exponential fi t for 55 C measurement Figure 16 Actual data example of ln as a function of 1000 T 26...

Страница 28: ...and the time window 9 3 Finding the Signal 1 Place the appropriate excitation and detection fi lters for your sample A prior UV vis absorption measurement would help determine which are appropriate 2...

Страница 29: ...oscopists will choose different instruments to perform such experiments The most basic optical spectroscopic techniques are steady state measurements like absorption or fl uorescence spectroscopy Whil...

Страница 30: ...ses or when the signal is maximum This manual uses the former de fi nition 10 2 Photochemistry Materials in this section have been adapted from A Qualitative Theory of Molecular Organic Photochemistry...

Страница 31: ...or rate constant k is 8 This equation tells us that since the concentrations of the reactants decrease during the reaction then the rate but not the rate constant decreases with time elapsed Thus the...

Страница 32: ...ction is fi rst order in A and overall fi rst order Orders higher than 2 fractional and zero orders are found in special cases These are not considered here because they are not relevant to Kronos NOT...

Страница 33: ...product The blue line is drawn at the point of 50 reaction half of the initial concentration of A has been converted into B By inspection this occurs after an elapsed time of about 28 milliseconds Thi...

Страница 34: ...cleaning them Always inspect the optics before and after cleaning them Use a magni fi cation device and a bright light to spot small defects and contaminants Clean optics in increasing level of conta...

Страница 35: ...act your local representative or Ultrafast Systems if no light is detected 2 Try to average across more scans if the baseline intensity falls within the recommended range 3 Ensure the Range is set to...

Страница 36: ...are In this window you can change the COM port and the default graphing unit from current to A Changing the latter will instruct the software to automatically perform calculations to convert the light...

Страница 37: ...ity Repairs will be made and the instrument returned freight prepaid Repaired Products are warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period Limitation of Warranty The foregoing warranty sha...

Страница 38: ...trade secrets of Ultrafast Systems and shall devote its best efforts to ensure that all its personnel protect the Ultrafast Systems Programs as trade secrets of Ultrafast Systems Customer shall not a...

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