Installation Checks; Alignment Check - Thermo Scientific iCAP 7000 Series Manual

iCAP 7000 Series ICP-OES Spectrometer

9 Installation Checks

9.1 Alignment check

Turn off the Engineers Fast Purge at the back right of the instrument.
The analysis of elements by ICP-OES will only give good results if care is taken to avoid cross
contamination. For example ensure the sampling probe is rinsed with good quality clean water
between solutions.
To ensure that the optics have not moved in transit it is necessary to check the optical alignment.
Complete a Spectrometer Optimisation (accessed from the get ready ignition screen) and check
the debug wavelength positions.
Run Optimise Spectrometer:
The Text will indicate when the check is complete:
Check results in log view and if this is less than ± 3 in both x and y then continue to the
Performance Checks.
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