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General Maintenance
3 Collect the following parts to be cleaned for an EI XTR source: (See
These are the parts that contact the sample or ion beam. The other parts
normally should not require cleaning.
If insulators are dirty, clean them with a cotton swab dampened with
C AU T I O N
reagent-grade methanol. If that does not clean the insulators, replace them. Do
not abrasively or ultrasonically clean the insulators.
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on page 149.)
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Repeller
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Repeller block insert
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Source body
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Extractor lens
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Ion focus lens
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Entrance lens
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