Application Notes; Maintenance Of The Instrument; Handling; Cleaning The Strip Adapter - Sigma-Aldrich Reflectoquant RQflex 20 Guía Rápida

3.4 Application notes

Besides the Reflectoquant
notes are available to support your analysis, especially the
sample preparation step of your workflow.
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You find them online:
www.merckmillipore.com/aaf > Reflectometry
www.sigmaaldrich.com/
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Maintenance of the
instrument

4.1 Handling

Please treat this instrument with the same care as you do with
all other electronic devices. Ensure that no liquid enters the
instrument case, since this may result in damage that is not
covered by the warranty.
Do not expose the instrument to excessively humid conditions
or to excessive heat or cold (see Technical data).
If the external casing of the measurement instrument needs
cleaning, please wipe the casing and the display carefully with
a moist cloth.
Clean the optics and the strip adaptor only with water and a
mild detergent or ethanol, 70% (v/v) on a tissue or cloth after
dismantling the strip adapter (see 4.2). Do not rinse the
instrument or parts of it.
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4.2 Cleaning the strip adapter

The strip adapter should be thoroughly cleaned (dismantling
the strip adapter into its individual components) at the end of
each working day.
The strip adapter must be cleaned immediately if an error
message (see Operating Manual, "Troubleshooting") is
displayed.
Clean the strip adapter only with water and a mild deter-
gent or ethanol, 70% (v/v) on a tissue or cloth after disman-
tling the strip adapter. Do not rinse the instrument or parts
of it.
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Troubleshooting

The most commonly encountered problems are caused by
• incorrect insertion
• incorrect reaction time
• incorrect use of the tests (e. g. strips not properly
stored, pH range not correctly adjusted).
For more details see the Operating Manual ("Trouble-
shooting"). The tables there show explanations of the error
messages and tips on how to avoid incorrect measurements.
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