Micromeritics ASAP 2460 Operator's Manual page 47

ASAP 2460 Operator's Manual
4. Enter a description in the Sample Tube field. This description displays in the Sample tube
dropdown list on the Sample Description tab.
5. In the Blank Tube Properties group box, enter the warm free space and the cold free space.
6. Indicate if an isothermal jacket and/or filler rod will be used by selecting the Use isothermal
jacket checkbox and/or User filler rod checkbox. Filler rods help to ensure accuracy in samples
with lower total surface areas by reducing the free-space volume. It is generally a good practice to
use filler rods for samples having less than 100 square meters of total surface area. Filler rods are
unnecessary for samples with total surface areas greater than 100 square meters.
7. Select the vacuum seal type to be used.
8. Click Save, then click Close.
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