Example 4: Gentle Drying with Semi-automatic Shutoff Mode (MA100 only)
The moisture content of 3.5 g of an unknown substance is to be determined. The sample to be analyzed is known to contain surface moisture
and the moisture of two bound fractions. The three moisture contents are to be individually quantified by drying.
Settings (different from the factory settings):
Program number: 4
Program name: substance N
Heating program: phase drying
Termperature 1: 50°C
Time 1: 4 minutes
Temperature 2: 105°C
Time 2: 6 minutes
Final temperature: 200 °C
End of analysis: Time: 4 minutes
Printout footer: Phase results (for input sequence see the chapter entitled “Configuring the Moisture Analyzer”)
Step Key (or instruction) Display/Printout
1. Turn on the moisture analyzer e key Sartorius logo is displayed
Self-test runs
The above mentioned parameters Enter the parameters:
for drying program 4 see Example 1
“Substance N”
have already been set
2. Select program display
Prog. soft key
3. Select program “4” q soft key
4. Load the program “Substance N”
Load soft key
5. Confirm load prompt
Yes soft key
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