
LS 6000 Scintillation System User’s Manual
PN 247971-F
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Data Calculation
Xtal DPM
Standard Date
Standard Date is used to correct the dpm of the standard for half-life decay. This date is given
by the manufacturer on the label of the isotope container used to make the Xtalscint
Standard. If a date is not entered here, the standard dpm is not corrected for half-life.
To enter the Standard Date, highlight “Standard Date”, and enter the date in this format: dd
mmm yyyy (2 digits for day, a 3 letter code for the month, and 4 digits for the year).
Units
Units allows you to enter units or any name you want printed as the final results. This name
is used in place of the DPM heading in the printout.
To change the setting, highlight “Units” and enter in the desired name using up to
5
characters.
Loading Samples for Xtal DPM
Since the instrument has no way of distinguishing among blanks, standards, and unknowns, a
convention has been established for identifying them by the sequence in which they are
loaded. An example loading sequence is shown in Figure 5.12.
If blanks are specified in the User Program as described in Background/Blank Subtraction
Section 4, the blanks must be loaded first. Blanks are optional. Any number of blanks may be
used. The average is printed. Leave an empty space between the last blank and first standard
dpm; this indicates to the instrument that the next vial encountered is a standard.
Load the standard dpm after the empty space. One to ten standards may be loaded for each
isotope. If more than one dpm standard is used, the system computes the average. Leave an
empty space after the last dpm standard, signalling the instrument samples follow.
Load the samples after the empty space. If you are using replicates, the replicates must be
loaded in adjacent positions. To indicate that one or more of replicates are missing from a
group, leave one empty position; the system recognizes the vial following the empty space as
being the first of the next set.
Figure 5.12 Loading Sequence for Xtal DPM
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