Atomic Absorption (AAS) Trouble Shooting and Maintenance Part 3: Graphite Furnace

This is the final of a three-part series of Agilent Instructional videos to troubleshoot and maintain your Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. Specifically with the Graphite Furnace AAS, this video provides usage, maintenance, and troubleshooting tips including tube replacement and conditioning procedures, and confirming you have programmed the optimum drying temperatures. Proper replacement of the graphite tube is crucial in accurate sample introduction. Eric Vanclay demonstrates how to disassemble and reassemble the graphite furnace and replace the graphite tube. Also in this video, we provide tips and tricks to ensure the proper conditioning of the graphite tube to optimize performance of your Graphite Furnace AAS system. Agilent provides a complete range of graphite furnace atomic absorption (GFAAS) supplies to suit Agilent graphite furnace AAS systems, including graphite tubes and platforms, spare graphite shrouds and graphite electrodes, tools to enable removal and replacement of the graphite e