APOLLO 4000
WORLD PRECISION INSTRUMENTS 3
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Contents
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... A-1
Design Architecture ........................................................................................ A-2
Plug-and-Play Design ..................................................................................... A-2
Free Radical Sensor Technology .................................................................... A-2
Instrument Description ................................................................................... A-3
Unpacking ...................................................................................................... A-5
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS ........................................................... B-1
Setting up the APOLLO 4000 ......................................................................... B-1
APOLLO.EXE Operating Software .................................................................. B-4
Example of a real signal application ............................................................ B-12
USING THE APOLLO 4000 TO DETECT NITRIC OXIDE ................... C-1
Initial Set-up .................................................................................................... C-1
Calibration of the NO Sensor .......................................................................... C-1
The Calibration Kit .......................................................................................... C-1
Calibration by the chemical generation of NO ............................................... C-2
Calibration of NO sensor by decomposition of SNAP .................................... C-7
Calibration of NO sensor using aqueous standards prepared with NO Gas C-15
Measurement of NO ..................................................................................... C-18
Maintenance of NO Sensors ........................................................................ C-20
USING THE APOLLO 4000 TO DETECT OXYGEN ............................ D-1
Initial Set-up .................................................................................................... D-1
Calibration and Use of Oxygen Sensors ........................................................ D-1
Calibration ...................................................................................................... D-2
Probe Structure and Assembly....................................................................... D-8
USING THE APOLLO 4000 TO DETECT HYDROGEN PEROXIDE..... E-1
Initial Set-up ..................................................................................................... E-1
The structure of the HPO sensor ..................................................................... E-1
Calibration of the HPO Sensor ........................................................................ E-2
Calibration Procedure ...................................................................................... E-2
Interference ..................................................................................................... E-4
Maintenance of HPO Sensors .........................................................................E-4
TROUBLESHOOTING FOR APOLLO 4000 ........................................ F-1
APPENDIX: BASIC GROUNDING & SHIELDING PRINCIPLES ........ G-1
