Agilent Technologies 55B AA User manual

Agilent 55B AA
Spectrometer
User’s Guide

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Contents
1. Safety Practices and Hazards 11
Verifying Safe State 12
Electrical Hazards 12
Heat, Vapors and Fumes 13
Compressed Gases and Cylinders 14
Gas Hoses and Connections 15
Ultraviolet Radiation 16
Other 16
Warning Symbols 16
CE Compliance 18
Electromagnetic Compatibility 19
EN55011/CISPR11 19
ICES/NMB-001 20
Flame Operation 20
Flammable Solvents 20
Compressed Gases and Cylinders 22
Acetylene 22
Nitrous Oxide 24
Burners 24
Nebulizer 25
Liquid Trap 26
Heat Hazards 26
Perchloric Acid 27

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Flashbacks 28
2. Introduction 31
Site Preparation Requirements 32
Documentation 32
Conventions 32
Specifications 33
Environmental Specifications 33
Gas Supplies 34
3. Installation 35
Instrument Overview 36
Connections 37
Power 38
Moving Your Instrument 39
Lamp Compartment 39
Hollow Cathode Lamps 40
D2Lamp 41
Sample Compartment 42
Nebulizer 42
Spraychamber 45
Burner 54
Sample Compartment Front Panel 55
Flame Shield 56
4. Interface 57
Introduction 57
Display 58

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Keypad 61
Agilent 55B AA Pages 63
Load Method Page 63
Instrument Parameters Page 63
Measurement Parameters Page 65
Options Page 66
Optimization Page 69
Calibration Parameters Page 69
Results Page 70
Navigating the Interface 71
Changing Pages 71
Selecting Menus 71
Moving Between Fields 72
5. Operation 75
Pre-Analysis Checklist 75
Starting the System 76
Method Development 77
Selecting the Language of the Interface 77
Loading a Method 77
Setting the Instrument Parameters 78
Setting the Measurement Parameters 79
Defining the Calibration Standards 79
Saving/Deleting Methods 80
Optimization 81
Aligning Lamps 81
Aligning the Burner 83
Lighting the Flame 83

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Optimizing the Flame Signal 85
Nebulizer Setup 86
High Vacuum Setting 86
Low Vacuum Setting 87
Setting Zero Uptake Rate 87
Setting the Uptake Rate for Organic Solvents 88
Performance Checks 88
Calibrating the Method 89
Measuring Standards Manually 89
Measuring Standards Using SIPS 10 90
Displaying the Calibration Graph 90
Resloping the Calibration 91
Sample Measurement 92
Measuring Samples Manually 92
Measuring Samples with SIPS 92
Results 93
Printing the Results 93
Output to LIMS System 93
Shutting Down the System 94
6. Maintenance 95
Maintenance Schedule 95
Daily 95
Weekly 96
Yearly 96
Cleaning 96
General 96

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Windows 96
Filters 97
Burners 97
Cleaning the Burner 97
Nebulizer 99
Routine maintenance 99
Removing the Nebulizer Block 100
Disassembling the Nebulizer 101
Cleaning a Blocked Nebulizer 102
Reassembling the Nebulizer 103
Impact Bead 104
Removing the Impact Bead 104
Installing and Adjusting the Impact Bead 107
Spraychamber 108
Disassembling the Spraychamber 108
Cleaning the Spraychamber 108
Gas Supplies 109
D2Lamp 109
Fuses 111
7. Spare Parts 115
Sample Introduction 115
Other 118
Covers/Doors 118
Fuses 118
Miscellaneous 118

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8. Troubleshooting/Errors 119
Common Problems 119
Error Messages 122
0804 LIMS port error 122
2851 SIPS comms error 122
3800 EEPROM storage error 123
5004 Signals not increasing 123
5005 Slope test failure 123
5006 Calibration fit failure 123
5008 Reslope signal out of range 123
6000 Check HC lamp selection 124
9159 EEPROM checksum zero wl 124
9160 EEPROM checksum mono correction 124
9307 RBC/Mains frequency below 48Hz. 124
9308 RBC/Mains frequency 124
9309 RBC/Mains frequency above 62Hz 125
9310 Optical RBC frequency 125
9311 Instrument Fault +12V PSU 125
9312 Instrument Fault -12V PSU 125
9313 Instrument Fault 5V PSU 125
9316 Wavelength out of range 126
9317 No Peak: Low HC Lamp Energy 126
9318 No Peak: High HC Lamp Energy 126
9319 No Peak: Low BC Lamp Energy 127
9320 No Peak: High BC Lamp Energy 127
9321 No Peak: Low HC Lamp Energy 127
9322 No Peak: High HC Lamp Energy 128
9323 Low Emission: No Peak 128
9324 High Emission: No Peak 128
9329 No Peak detected 129
9330 No Peak detected 129

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9337 Instrument Fault 310V PSU 130
9339 Mono resetting. Please wait 130
9415 Instrument Fault: Lamp code 130
9422 Instrument Fault: Lamp current 130
9514 Instrument Signal saturation 131
9517 Low HC Lamp Energy 131
9518 High HC Lamp Energy 131
9524 Low BC Lamp Energy 132
9525 High BC Lamp Energy 132
9527 Instrument Fault: EHT failed 132
9528 Background Lamp failed 132
9529 Background Lamp interlock 133
9530 Instrument Fault: Signal diagnostics 133
9531 No Lamp Current detected 133
9602 Instrument Fault: Mono Datum 133
9911 No Burner Fitted 133
9912 N2O Burner not fitted 134
9914 No Gas Control Unit 134
9915 Flame Shield Open 134
9916 Fault: Gas pressure sensor 134
9917 No Oxidant gas pressure 134
9920 Fault: Flame detected 135
9921 Flame Out Detected 135
9922 Flame Shutdown: Gas type 135
9923 Flame Ignition Timeout 135
9934 Flame Shutdown: host offline 136
9937 Flame Pressure Relief Bung 136
9938 Liquid Trap Not Ready 136
9xxx GPIB Fault 136
9xxx Instrument Error 136
9xxx SpectrAA Error 136

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