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Optional glass capillary sprayer ................................................................... 4-8
Installing the glass capillary sprayer ............................................................. 4-8
Fitting and loading the glass capillary........................................................... 4-9
5 Maintenance Procedures ..................................................................... 5-1
Maintenance schedule ..................................................................................... 5-3
Spare parts ......................................................................................................... 5-4
Troubleshooting using Connections Insight .............................................. 5-5
Safety and handling ......................................................................................... 5-6
Preparing the instrument for work performed on its source ................ 5-7
Removal and refitting of the source enclosure .......................................... 5-8
Removing the source enclosure from the instrument.................................... 5-8
Fitting the source enclosure to the instrument............................................ 5-11
Installing and removing the corona pin .................................................... 5-12
Installing the corona pin in the source......................................................... 5-12
Removing the corona pin from the source .................................................... 5-14
Operating the source isolation valve ......................................................... 5-15
Removing O-rings and seals ......................................................................... 5-17
Cleaning the mass spectrometer case ........................................................ 5-18
Emptying the nitrogen exhaust trap bottle .............................................. 5-19
Cleaning the source components ................................................................ 5-21
Cleaning the sampling cone assembly ....................................................... 5-21
Removing the sampling cone assembly from the source ............................. 5-21
Disassembling the sampling cone assembly................................................. 5-23
Cleaning the sample cone and cone gas nozzle ............................................ 5-26
Assembling the sampling cone assembly...................................................... 5-28
Fitting the sampling cone assembly to the source ....................................... 5-29
Cleaning the extraction cone ....................................................................... 5-31
Removing the ion block assembly from the source assembly...................... 5-31
Removing the extraction cone from the ion block ........................................ 5-33