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Section 4 - Operating Your Moisture Analyzer
4. Operating Your Moisture Analyzer
Once the Moisture Analyzer parameters have been set, moisture determinations can be made very simply. There are
three simple steps to perform: 1. Setting the drying temperature, 2. Setting the drying time and 3. Preparing the
sample.
Results of substances which form crusts (e.g. glucose syrup) or pasty substances (e.g. butter) can be consider -
ably improved by mixing with quartz sand.
For pasty, fat containing and melting substances, use of a glass fiber filter is advantageous to increase the
surface area of the sample.
The use of a glass fiber filter can be useful for temperature-sensitive and skin forming substances. In this case,
the sample to be dried is covered by the filter and thus receives a new surface.
4.1 Setting the Drying Temperature
Set temperature from 50°C to 160°C.
*
100 °
10:00
0.000g
*
100 °
0.000g
10:00
4.2 Setting the Drying Time
4.3 Sample Preparation
Please keep in mind the importance of preparing your sample, the distribution of the sample on the weighing pan,
the type of sample and the temperature range. Remember, the greater the number of uniform samples tested, the
greater the accuracy of the results.
TARE
Select timed or auto.
TARE
CLEAR
PAN
PRESS
TARE
SAMPLE
<.500G
*
100 °
0.000g
07:30
SAMPLE
<.500G
TARE
Change time when flashing.
FLASHING TIME
TARE
TIMED DRYING
SELECT AUTO
OR TIMED
or
or
or
