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Table of Contents
Section 1 Specifications .........................................................................................................5
Section 2 General Information ...............................................................................................7
2.1 Safety Information ....................................................................................................................... 7
2.1.1 Use of Hazard Information .................................................................................................7
2.1.2 Precautionary Labels ......................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Principle of Operation ................................................................................................................. 8
2.3 Distilling Calibration Standards with the Micro Dist System ........................................................ 9
Section 3 Installation ............................................................................................................11
3.1 Unpacking the Instrument ......................................................................................................... 11
3.1.1 Micro Dist Setup ............................................................................................................... 11
3.1.2 Connecting the Power Supply .......................................................................................... 11
Section 4 Operation ..............................................................................................................13
4.1 Setting the Temperature ........................................................................................................... 13
4.1.1 Heater Block .................................................................................................................... 13
4.2 Using Micro Dist™ Tubes ......................................................................................................... 14
4.2.1 Filling and Assembling the User-Fill Collector Tubes ...................................................... 15
4.2.2 Filling and Assembling the Collector Tube ....................................................................... 15
Section 5 Startup ...................................................................................................................19
Section 6 Maintenance ..........................................................................................................21
6.1 Cleaning the Micro Dist ............................................................................................................. 21
6.2 Calibrating the Automatic Re-pipettor .......................................................................................22
6.3 Fuse Replacement .................................................................................................................... 22
6.4 Parts .......................................................................................................................................... 22
Section 7 General Procedure ...............................................................................................23
7.1 General Procedure .................................................................................................................... 23
Section 8 Cyanide–1 .............................................................................................................31
8.1 Micro Dist™ Method (Method Number 10-204-00-1-X) ............................................................ 31
8.2 Releasing Agent ........................................................................................................................ 32
8.3 Sources ..................................................................................................................................... 33
8.4 USEPA Method 335.2 Scaled-Down ........................................................................................ 33
8.5 Calculations Showing Equivalency of Concentrations of Releasing Solutions ......................... 34
8.5.1 Micro Dist Method Cyanide–1 .......................................................................................... 34
8.5.2 USEPA Method 335.2 ...................................................................................................... 34
8.5.3 USEPA Method 335.4 ...................................................................................................... 34
8.6 Calculations Showing Equivalency of Concentrations of Trapping Solution ............................. 35
8.6.1 Micro Dist Method Cyanide–1 .......................................................................................... 35
8.6.2 USEPA Method 335.2 ...................................................................................................... 35
Section 9 Cyanide–2 .............................................................................................................37
9.1 Micro Dist™ Method ................................................................................................................. 37
Section 10 Cyanide–3 (WAD) ................................................................................................39
10.1 Micro Dist™ Method ............................................................................................................... 39
10.2 Releasing Agent ...................................................................................................................... 41
10.3 Sources ................................................................................................................................... 41
Section 11 Cyanide–5 ............................................................................................................43
11.1 Micro Dist™ Method ............................................................................................................... 43