Hardware manual

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Agilent Technologies
Agilent 7500 Series ICP-MS
Hardware Manual
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Startup, Shutdown and Status
Starting the Instrument 3-2
Shutting Down the Instrument 3-10
Checking the Instrument Status 3-13
Typical Meter Values for the Vacuum System 3-18
The Agilent 7500 Series ICP- MS is designed so that it is easy to
startup and shutdown. The instrument has three states of
operation that are displayed in the Agilent 7500 MassHunter
Workstation (or ChemStation) instrument control software:
• Analysis
During tuning and sample analysis, the Agilent 7500 is in
Analysis mode.
• Standby
At the end of the working day, place the Agilent 7500 in
Standby mode.
In this mode both the turbo pumps and the backing rotary
pumps remain on, but the quadrupole, detector, and RF
(plasma) are switched off.
• Shutdown
To maintain or move the Agilent 7500, put it into Shutdown
mode. In an emergency, you can flip the main power switch
to stop the instrument.
This chapter explains how to startup and shutdown the Agilent
7500, as well as check instrument status.