Introduction; Views - Malvern Mastersizer Series Getting Started

Introduction

Now that you have measured your sample you can display and print reports of the
results and data generated.
This chapter runs through the options you have for displaying and printing the
results. This chapter should be read in conjunction with the next chapter that
gives advice on understanding the information within the results.
By the end of this chapter you will be able to change the way the result is viewed
and printed using the standard reports supplied with the Mastersizer.
A detailed description of each of the views is given within the Software Reference
manual.

Views

The information you have generated by analysing the measurement data is
displayed on the screen. The data can be displayed in various formats - each
format is known as a view. Malvern provides 11 standard views that can be
quickly selected by opening the View menu. The View menu is shown below.
The first five views display the result data in different ways, for example some
views display the data in a "% under" format (i.e. 15% of the sample is under 1.5
microns etc) and other views display the data in a "% within size band" format
(i.e. 5% of the sample is between 1.2 and 1.6 microns etc). Other views arrange
the data to be displayed within custom size bands so that the information
measured on the Mastersizer can be compared to various standards. The ASTM
E11:61 and BS410:1986 views for sieves, for example, display the data in a format
that can be compared directly with these two sieve standards.
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