Waters 2489 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

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1 Theory and Principles of Operation .................................................. 1-1
Detector description ........................................................................................ 1-2
Features ....................................................................................................... 1-2
Principles of operation .................................................................................... 1-4
Detector optics.................................................................................................. 1-4
Optics assembly light path ......................................................................... 1-5
Waters TaperSlit Flow Cell ........................................................................ 1-6
Filtering noise ............................................................................................. 1-7
Wavelength verification and test.................................................................... 1-9
Operational modes .......................................................................................... 1-11
Single wavelength mode................................................................................ 1-11
Primary parameters .................................................................................. 1-11
Secondary parameters .............................................................................. 1-12
Dual wavelength mode.................................................................................. 1-12
Chart Out selection modes ....................................................................... 1-13
Spectrum scanning ........................................................................................ 1-13
Cuvette operations......................................................................................... 1-14
RatioPlot......................................................................................................... 1-15
MaxPlot .......................................................................................................... 1-15
Thermal wander management...................................................................... 1-15
2 Installing the Detector .......................................................................... 2-1
Preparing for installation ............................................................................... 2-2
Site selection and power requirements ....................................................... 2-4
Site selection .................................................................................................... 2-4
Power requirements......................................................................................... 2-5
Unpacking and inspecting............................................................................... 2-5
Unpacking ................................................................................................... 2-6
Inspecting .................................................................................................... 2-6
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