
LS 6000 Scintillation System User’s Manual
PN 247971-F
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Introduction
General Description
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stepped into position for processing. In turn, each vial is raised by the elevator into position
within the counting chamber and counted.
Instructions for processing samples, as well as other operating and system commands, are
entered using the keyboard on the front of the instrument. A series of menus is displayed on
the monitor to guide you through the process of setting up the programs used by the system.
During processing, the display screen shows details on the progress of the count. Results of
the sample processing are printed out on the printer and/or sent to the RS232 port.
Operating Modes
The instrument has the following operating modes:
Automatic Count
This mode is ordinarily used for counting a batch of samples unattended. Any one of the
20-50 stored User Programs can be selected for conducting the count. Refer to Section 3.2 for
more information.
Multi-Task
Operation during an Automatic Count can be interrupted to count up to one rack of priority
samples, to edit a User Program, or to manually set up a new isotope or new quench curve (if
dpm is installed). Refer to Section 3.5 for more information.
Count Single Rack
This mode allows you to count a few samples (up to one rack) quickly using a default
program or a previously stored User Program. Refer to for more information.
Auto DPM
This mode allows you to obtain dpm results for single label, alpha- or beta-emitting samples,
without using quench curves. Refer to Section 3.4 for more information.
Edit User Program
This mode allows you to edit any of the 20-50 User Programs to set up the instrument for
counting liquid scintillators or Xtalscint and to set up the desired Data Calculation Program.
Refer to Section 4 and Section 5 for more information.
Set Up New Isotope
This mode allows you to add a new isotope to the Isotope Library. The Isotope Library
contains the window settings and half-life for the isotopes called up by the User Program for
both liquid and Xtalscint scintillators. Five factory installed isotopes are permanently stored
in the Isotope Library. Refer to Section 6.1 for more information.
Set Up Quench Curve
When dpm is installed, another operating mode is used to set up and store a dpm quench
curve into the DPM Library. Each isotope must have a stored quench curve to calculate dpm,
unless using Auto DPM or Xtal DPM. Refer to Section 6.2 for more information.
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