Agilent Technologies 5977B Series Operating Manual page 131

8 Examine the displayed profile scan of the reagent ions. (See
9 When prompted, click OK to perform the methane Flow Adjust.
Figure 43 Reagent ion scans after a very long bake out
Methane pretune after more than a day of baking out
Note the low abundance of m/z 19 and absence of any visible peak at m/z 32.
Your MSD will probably show more water at first, but the abundance of m/z 19
should still be less than 50% of m/z 17.
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• There should be no visible peak at m/z 32. A peak there indicates an air
leak. Repair the leak before proceeding. Operating in the CI mode with
an air leak will rapidly contaminate the ion source.
• The peak at m/z 19 (protonated water) is less than 50% of the peak at
m/z 17.
Operating in CI Mode
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