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Maintenance
Maintaining the Ion Sweep Cone and Ion Transfer Tube
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4. Remove the Ion Max or Ion Max-S ion source housing from the front of the mass
spectrometer. See “Removing the Ion Max or Ion Max-S Ion Source Housing” on
page 69.
5. Remove the ion sweep cone by pulling it off the ion source interface.
6. With the custom removal tool from the accessory kit (P/N 70111-20258), remove the
ion transfer tube by turning it counterclockwise until you can pull it free from the ion
source interface. See Figure 43.
Figure 43. Removal tool attached to the ion transfer tube
Figure 44. Spray cone, ion transfer tube, O-ring, and ion sweep cone of the ion source
interface
7. Soak the ion transfer tube in a dilute solution of nitric acid to remove contaminants.
Ion transfer tube
Vespel O-ring
Spray cone
Ion sweep cone
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