Displaying Spectra - Agilent Technologies 7500 ICP-MS Operator's Manual

Agilent 7500 ICP-MS ChemStation Operator's Manual
Viewing Spectra

Displaying Spectra

When you acquire data with a method for Spectrum acquisition and then access data
analysis directly from data acquisition, ChemStation displays that data file. If you
access the Data Analysis window from the Top menu, the Data Analysis window
displays the ICPDEMO.D data file which is indicated in the title bar. If you access
from the Offline Data Analysis, the last data file from your previous ChemStation
session, will be loaded automatically. If the file name shown in the title bar is not the
one you want to view, you must load the appropriate data file.
The spectrum that appears is divided into three rows and has defaults selected for
the display type and the vertical and horizontal scales. The default display type is
total counts, bar graphic mode, and linear Y-axis. The Y scale automatically adjusts,
depending on the intensity of the highest peak in each row.
The following sections explain how to load a data file, change the display type, use
a count box, and change the vertical and horizontal scales of the display.
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