Simple Maintenance - Agilent Technologies 8453 Operator's Manual

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1 Prepare a 2 % solution of the cell cleaning fluid in distilled water.
2 Transfer the solution into your cuvettes and let them stand for a while or put
3 Rinse the cuvettes three or four times with water before using them again for
Maintenance and Repair

Simple Maintenance

Simple Maintenance
Cleaning the Multicell Transport
The multicell transport should be kept clean. Cleaning should be done with a
soft cloth slightly dampened with water or a solution of water and a mild
detergent. Do not use an excessively damp cloth so that liquid can drip into
the instruments.
Do not let liquid drip into the instrument. It could cause shock hazard
and it could damage the instrument.
Cleaning Cuvettes
The oils in fingerprints are significant absorbers in the UV region and, if left
on optical surfaces, can cause erroneous results. Wipe off all fingerprints and
contaminants before using a sample cell. Use only high quality lens tissues
(part number 9300-0761). Lens tissues for glasses or other uses often contain
detergents or lubricants which can affect your measurements. Avoid cleaning
the faces of your cell between blank and sample measurements.
If your cuvettes are dirty and/or you observe that air bubbles stick on the
quartz window, you may use the following cleaning procedure with the cell
cleaning fluid (part number 5062-8529).
the cuvettes in an ultrasonic bath containing the solution of cell cleaning fluid.
measurements with the spectrophotometer.
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