Run Preparation; Starting Up This Machine; Preparing Tubes/Bottles And Rotors - Thermo Scientific Sorvall MTX 150 Instruction Manual

Run preparation

Starting up this machine

Before setting run conditions, display the Run screen (Screen for setting run conditions)
(1) Displaying the Run screen (Screen for setting run conditions)
1. Turn on the POWER switch.
2. The initial screen appears.
3. The Run screen appears.
Figure 2-1. Initial screen and Run screen

Preparing tubes/bottles and rotors

The Sorvall MTX 150 micro-ultracentrifuge allows you to balance, by eye, tubes or bottles containing a
sample solution and then centrifuge them. Make sure that the approximate difference between meniscus
levels of sample solution in tubes or bottles is within 5 mm (See Fig. 2-2).
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WARNING
1. This micro-ultracentrifuge is not explosion-proof. Never use explosive or flammable
samples, or materials that chemically react vigorously. Do not centrifuge such materials in
this instrument nor handle or store them near the instrument.
2. Take all necessary safety measures before using samples that are toxic or radioactive, or
blood samples that are pathogenic or infectious. You use such samples at your own
responsibility.
CAUTION Do not place containers holding liquid in the rotor chamber, on the
micro-ultracentrifuge, or near the micro-ultracentrifuge. If split, liquid might get into the
instrument and damage electrical and mechanical components.
Initial screen
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