4 Agilent 6500 Series Q-TOF LC/MS Maintenance Guide
Contents
Electrospray Ion Source 49
To flush the nebulizer 49
To clean the electrospray spray chamber daily 50
To clean the electrospray spray chamber weekly 53
To remove the electrospray nebulizer 57
To replace the electrospray nebulizer needle in the analytical or the reference
nebulizer sprayer 58
To adjust the electrospray nebulizer needle 61
To reinstall the electrospray nebulizer 63
To remove the desolvation assembly 64
To clean skimmer 1 (for 6520/6530/6538/6540) 66
To reinstall the desolvation assembly 68
ESI with Agilent Jet Stream Technology 69
To flush the nebulizer daily 69
To flush the nebulizer monthly 70
To clean the spray chamber daily for the ESI with Agilent Jet Stream 71
To clean the spray chamber weekly for the ESI with Agilent Jet Stream 74
To remove the nebulizer for the ESI with Agilent Jet Stream 78
To replace the nebulizer needle for the ESI with Agilent Jet Stream 79
To adjust the nebulizer needle for the ESI with Agilent Jet Stream 83
To reinstall the nebulizer for the ESI with Agilent Jet Stream 85
APCI Source 86
To clean the APCI spray chamber daily 86
To clean the APCI spray chamber weekly 89
To remove the APCI nebulizer 91
To replace the APCI nebulizer needle 92
To adjust the APCI nebulizer needle 95
To reinstall the APCI nebulizer 97
To clean the corona needle 98
To replace the corona needle 100
Multimode Source and HPLC-Chip/MS Interface 102
To clean the multimode source daily 102