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Performing Routine Maintenance
Maintaining the Calibration Gas Module
Refilling the Calibrant Reservoir
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TSQ 9000 Hardware Manual
To refill the calibrant reservoir:
Note It is not necessary to vent the instrument to perform this operation
1. Open the front door of the TSQ 9000 instrument.
2. Twist the calibrant reservoir cover counter-clockwise and remove it from the calibration
gas controller.
Figure 62. Removing the Calibrant Reservoir Cover
3. Fill a syringe with 200 μL of the FC 43 calibration compound, which contains
perfluorotributylamine (PFTBA), and insert it into the calibrant reservoir.
Figure 63. Removing the Calibrant Reservoir from the Cover
Calibrant
Reservoir
Calibration
Gas Controller
Calibrant
Reservoir Cover
Calibrant
Reservoir
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