User`s guide

• Secure the Dewar vessel so that it cannot fall over.
• Protect the Dewar vessel from any damage and from sources of
heat. The Dewar vessel must be fitted with a pressure relief
valve.
• Cold, vaporized nitrogen is heavier than air and can collect in
low lying parts of the laboratory, representing a suffocation risk.
Waste Disposal
If the materials being sampled are hazardous in any way, you must
treat the collected samples, and the tubes that contained them, as
hazardous waste. Used tubes and caps may contain small amounts of
the substances that were analyzed and may thus constitute a
chemical or biological hazard. Refer to your local safety regulations
for proper disposal procedures.
Sample Tubes
PerkinElmer sample tubes and caps are carefully selected. They are
manufactured under strict quality control. If you use tubes and caps
from other manufacturers the instrument may not function correctly.
If a glass tube should rupture, you risk injury from glass splinters
and possible damage to the instrument.
NOTE: Do not use tubes that are not specifically identified for use
with an automated thermal desorber.
Handle all tubes with care and observe the following:
• Replace the brass ¼” Swagelok caps with Bias or PTFE
Analytical caps when you are using the ATD. The ATD cannot
decap tubes fitted with threaded Swagelok storage caps.
• If you are using a TD, you must remove the cap and insert the
tube into the instrument, manually.
• Check the caps for reliable tightness after sealing the sample
tube.
WARNIN
G
Turn off the instrument immediately following tube breakage.