Thermo Scientific iCAP 6000 Series User manual

iCAP 6000 Series
ICP-OES Spectrometer
User Guide

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Contents
Introduction to the iCAP 6000 Series...........................................1-5
Overview........................................................................................1-5
User Documentation......................................................................1-6
Pre-Installation Manual...............................................................1-6
Hardware Manual .......................................................................1-6
iTEV Software Manual.............................................................1-6
iTEV Help ...............................................................................1-6
Instrument Set-up ..........................................................................2-7
Pre-Installation Manual...............................................................2-7
Standard Sample Introduction Glassware ssembly .......................2-8
ssembling the Torch .................................................................2-8
Inserting the Torch and Centre Tube into the instrument. .......2-10
Connecting the Spray Chamber and Nebuliser .........................2-11
Connecting up the sample and drain pump tubing ...................2-13
Torch lignment ......................................................................2-15
uto Peak djust ......................................................................2-15
Sample Introduction System Set-up .............................................2-17
Peristaltic Pump Tubing Options..............................................2-17
Internal Standards.....................................................................2-17
pplication-Specific Hardware..................................................2-18
Databases ........................................................................................3-1
Local Database Creation ................................................................3-1
Creating a Database Connection.................................................3-3
Using the iCAP ...............................................................................4-1
Preparing the System for Use .........................................................4-1
Instrument Shut-down...................................................................4-1
nalytical Operation ......................................................................4-2
Method Optimisation ....................................................................4-2
Running the iC P .........................................................................4-2
Sequence of operation .................................................................4-3
How to Run an nalysis.................................................................4-5
Creating a Method......................................................................4-5
Running the nalysis ..................................................................4-6
Spectrometer Optimise ...............................................................4-7
Calibration..................................................................................4-7
nalysing Unknowns ..................................................................4-7
Shutting Down the System ............................................................4-8
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4

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Maintenance ...................................................................................5-1
Instrument Cleaning ...................................................................5-1
Sample Introduction System Cleaning and Decontamination .....5-1
Torch Cleaning...........................................................................5-2
Spray Chamber Cleaning ............................................................5-2
Nebuliser Cleaning......................................................................5-2
Purged Optical Path Window Cleaning ......................................5-3
Preventive Maintenance .................................................................5-3
Water Chiller ..............................................................................5-3
Gas Filters...................................................................................5-3
Safety...............................................................................................6-4
iC P 6000 Safety...........................................................................6-4
Introduction................................................................................6-4
Safety Precautions .......................................................................6-5
Electrical Safety...........................................................................6-6
Equipment Cleaning and Decontamination................................6-6
Impaired Safety Protection..........................................................6-6
WEEE Compliance.....................................................................6-6
Regulatory Notices......................................................................6-6
iC P 6000 Sicherheit.....................................................................6-8
Elnfúhrung..................................................................................6-8
llgemeine richtlinien zur sicheren handhabung des Gerätes.......6-8
Elektrische Sicherheit ..................................................................6-9
Reinigung und Dekontamination der Geräte ..............................6-9
Beeinträchtigung der Sicherheitseintichtungen............................6-9
WEEE Konformität ..................................................................6-10
Übereinstimmung mit Regularien .............................................6-10
Sécurité pour iC P 6000 .............................................................6-11
Introduction..............................................................................6-11
Précautions de Sécurité..............................................................6-11
Sécurité Electrique ....................................................................6-12
Nettoyage et Décontamination de l’Equipement.......................6-12
ltération des Protections de Sécurité........................................6-12
Conformité DEEE ....................................................................6-12
Conformitè Normative..............................................................6-13
EC Declaration of Conformity......................................................7-1
EC Declaration of Conformity.......................................................7-2
SOFTWARE LICENSING AGREEMENT................................7-2
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7

Thermo Fisher Scientific iCAP User Guide 1-5
Chapter 1
Introduction to the iCAP 6000
Series
The iC P 6000 Series is a range of Inductively Coupled rgon Plasma
Optical Emission Spectrometers (ICP-OES) which use an Echelle
optical design and a Charge Injection Device (CID) solid-state detector
to provide elemental analysis.
Most samples are liquids that are pumped through a nebuliser to
produce a fine spray. The large droplets are removed by a spray
chamber and the small droplets then pass through to the plasma. The
solvent is evaporated and the residual sample decomposes to atoms and
ions that become excited and emit characteristic light which is measured
and corresponds to the concentration of each element type in the
original sample.
Control of the spectrometer is provided by PC-based iTEV software.
To avoid loss of analytical performance and compromising safety only
Thermo Scientific specified parts should be used.
The iC P 6000 spectrometer consists of several major components:
plasma torch and sample introduction parts
radio frequency power generator
optical system
CID detector with thermoelectric cooling
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Overview

Introduction to the iCAP 6000 Series
User Documentation
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This user guide includes basic information required to get you started
with operating your iC P 6000. More advanced operating instructions
can be found in the Hardware Manual, the Software Manual and
directly from the iTEV software’s built-in Help. In addition, the Pre-
Installation Manual details all the lab requirements for your instrument.
These manuals are described below.
The Pre-Installation Manual provides the details of the services and
environment that must be available before an iC P 6000 can be
installed.
The Hardware Manual details the operation and maintenance of your
instrument hardware. It also includes full information about the safety
hazards involved in working with the spectrometer and its accessories,
and the means by which such hazards can be minimised. This manual is
supplied in dobe PDF format on the Supplementary Information CD
supplied with this User Guide.
Note: ensure you have read and understood all the safety instructions
contained in the Hardware Manual before operating your iC P.
The iTEV Software Manual describes the functions and features of
the Data Station software. This manual is supplied in dobe PDF
format on the Supplementary Information CD.
The iTEV Software has its own active Help system that describes
features and functions of the software. This can be accessed by clicking
on Help T
Help THelp T
Help Topics
opicsopics
opics from the Help
HelpHelp
Help dropdown menu (shown below)
Relevant help topics for particular areas of the software can also be
found by pressing the F1
F1F1
F1 key at any time.
Figure 1–1. Help Topics in iTEVA
User
Documentation
Pre-
Installation
Manual
Hardware Manual
iTEVA Software
Manual
iTEVA Help

Instrument Set-up
User Documentation
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Chapter 2
Instrument Set-up
To comply with safety and warranty requirements, the iC P 6000,
accessories and associated equipment must be installed by a Thermo
Scientific trained and certified engineer.
Specific site requirements are required for the iC P 6000. Please see the
separate Pre-Installation Manual section.
Pre-
Installation
Manual

Instrument Set-up
Standard Sample Introduction Glassware Assembly
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Warning: ppropriate care and safety procedures should be
: ppropriate care and safety procedures should be : ppropriate care and safety procedures should be
: ppropriate care and safety procedures should be
followed to avoid breaking any glassware and causing injury to the
followed to avoid breaking any glassware and causing injury to the followed to avoid breaking any glassware and causing injury to the
followed to avoid breaking any glassware and causing injury to the
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operator. Broken glassware should be handled with appropriate
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Figure 2–2. Glassware assembly
The sample introduction systems for an iC P Duo instrument and a
Radial instrument are put together in a similar way. The key differences
are the length of the torch and the spray chamber adapter.
Insert the torch into the torch holder by pushing it gently but firmly.
Note: Ensure that it is fully inserted and orientated in the correct way,
as shown in the figure below.
Figure 2–3. Torch assembly - torch body
Insert the centre tube as far as it will go into the plastic centre tube
holder.
Standard Sample
Introduction
Glassware
Assembly
Assembling the
Torch
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Instrument Set-up
Standard Sample Introduction Glassware Assembly
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Figure 2–4. Torch assembly - centre tube
Note:
::
: The tip of the centre tube holder will discolour with use as
shown in the figure above. This discoloration is normal and will not
affect the performance of the torch holder assembly.
Once the centre tube is in the centre tube holder, carefully insert the
centre tube assembly into the metal torch holder. Screw the centre tube
holder assembly in a clockwise direction into the metal torch holder
until the O-ring is compressed. Do not over tighten as this will reduce
the lifetime of the O-ring seal.
Figure 2–5. Insertion of centre tube into torch assembly

Instrument Set-up
Standard Sample Introduction Glassware Assembly
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Insert the torch holder into the torch box and turn the metal torch
holder anticlockwise until the red orientation lock self locates in the
torch box casting. Be sure to make sure you don’t loosen the centre tube
holder whilst doing this.
Figure 2–6. Insertion of the torch assembly into the box
Figure 2–7. Relative coil and torch position on a Duo (left) and a
Radial instrument
Ensure that the torch is centred in the coil, and on a Duo instrument
that the radial view window is positioned close up against the torch.
Inserting the Torch
and Centre Tube
into the
instrument.