The Measurement Screen - Thermo Scientific NITON XL3t 500 User Manual

The Measurement Screen

The Measurement
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Figure 1-10. The Standard Bulk Measurement Screen
The Results Screen displays the following information:
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Reading Number
NAV Menu
Element
Column
The Reading Number line shows a number automatically assigned
by your NITON analyzer in order to uniquely identify each reading.
The reading number automatically increments up by one with each
successive reading.
The Nominal Seconds Test Duration line shows the number of
nominal seconds elapsing since the initiation of the reading.
Nominal seconds are true, clock seconds slowed down to
compensate for the electronic dead-time that occurs when the
analyzer is taking a measurement.
The Mode line displays the test mode in use during the
measurement.
The Element (left) column shows the elements that have been
detected in the sample.
The Concentration Level (central) column shows the concentration
levels of the corresponding elements in percentages.
The Confidence (right) column displays the 2 sigma (95%)
confidence interval for the corresponding elements.
Mode
Nominal Seconds
Test Duration Line
Battery Life
Indicator
Two Sigma
Confidence
Column
Measured
Concentration
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