1. Introduction
The Golden Gate™ Heated Diamond ATR Top Plate (P/N’s GS10540
and GS10542) is one of a series of top plates that are used on the
optical unit of the Golden Gate™ATR system.
The Heated Diamond ATR Top Plate is operable from ambient to
200°C temperature by a dedicated 4000 Series™ Temperature
Controller.
This particular manual is to be used in conjunction with the standard
Golden Gate™manual (GS10500 Series) supplied with every Golden
Gate™system and a separate 4000 Series™ Temperature Controller
manual.
Warning: The diamond mounting in the Gold Gate™ ATR Top
Plate has a very small air gap around its periphery.
This is to minimize heat loss to the surrounding top-
plate and to ensure quick warm up. It is possible, when
cleaning the diamond with excessive amounts of
solvent, for some of this to leak past the diamond plate
and give solvent absorption bands. For this reason, the
diamond should only be cleaned with tissue moistened
with solvent.
Before powering up the controller make sure that the
power/ thermocouple lead of the Heated Golden
Gate™ATR Top-plate is connected to the back of the
4000 Series™ Temperature Controller. The plug is a
push fit and the knurled ring is rotated to click the plug
into position.