Agilent Technologies 700 Series User Manual page 25

Installation
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6 Aspirate a blank solution and then select the W/L Calib tab.
7 If you have a 710/715 Series ICP-OES, click Calibrate Detector to perform a
dark current scan.
If you have a 720 Series ICP-OES, click Dark Current Scan to perform a dark
current scan.
NOTE
It will take roughly 2 minutes to perform a Dark Current Scan. Once completed, a
message will be displayed confirming the dark current measurement has been
completed.
8 Click Store Dark Current.
NOTE It is recommended that you save the results using the default entries in a text file
called "Dark Current.txt" in the Users\Public\Public Documents\Varian\ICP Expert
II\Log directory on the drive on which the ICP Expert II software is installed.
9 Aspirate the wavelength calibration solution. Select the W/L Calib tab.
If you have a 710/715 Series ICP-OES, click Calibrate Wavelength to perform a
wavelength calibration.
If you have a 720 Series ICP-OES, click Calibrate to perform a wavelength
calibration.
NOTE
It will take up to 2 to 3 minutes to perform a Wavelength Calibration. Once
completed, a message will be displayed confirming the wavelength calibration is
complete, and the range of wavelengths over which the instrument has been
calibrated.
10 Click the Torch Align tab. Check that the Graph Type is set to Intensity. Set the
Orientation to Horizontal and click the Torch Scan button.
Agilent 700 Series ICP Optical Emission Spectrometers User's Guide
Click the Status tab and check that under the Polychromator listing Poly
Boost is 'On'.
If the Poly Boost purge is 'Off' you should turn it on.
Choose PolyBoost On from the Analyze menu in the main window.
Reopen the Instrument Setup window.
Leave the poly boost purging for at least 20 minutes prior to performing
Step 7 below (the wavelength calibration).
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