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Agilent Cary 8454 UV-Visible Spectroscopy System
Operator’s Manual
Agilent Technologies
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Using your UV-Visible Spectroscopy
System
Starting Your First Measurement Session 68
Starting Your UV-Visible Software 70
Measuring Caffeine Absorbance at 273 nm 71
Saving Your Parameters as a Method 74
Retrieving and Printing a Method 76
Saving and Retrieving Data 79
Print Preview of Reports 85
Finding the Caffeine Absorbance Maximum 88
Entering your Cell’s Path Length 92
Controlling your Sipper System 93
Using your Multicell Transport 95
Quantitative Analysis using a Calibration with Standards 98
How Can I Be Sure That My Spectrophotometer Works Properly? 105
What Maintenance Does My Spectrophotometer Require? 107
How Can I Get a Deeper Understanding of UV-Visible Spectroscopy? 108
When Do I Have to Measure a Blank? 110