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Introduction Maintenance • Normal maintenance is essential for your ICP instrument to perform as expected day to day. • Most maintenance is done on the parts of the sample introduction system. • Some instrument maintenance may have to be done by trained field engineers. Tuning • Instrument tuning is performed after your instrument has equilibrated. • There should be a set performance goal that you instrument should reach by tuning. • The inability to complete a performance check my indicate that maintenance is needed.

6 Components of Sample Introduction Systems

• Peristaltic Pump or Syringe Drive

• Nebulizer

• Spray Chamber

• Torch

• Cones / Interface

• Tubing