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The document outlines various saturation error codes related to ICP spectrometers, detailing the conditions under which each code appears and its implications for data accuracy. Codes 2 through 6 indicate different saturation scenarios during pre-shot and integration phases, often due to high intensity readings or improper wavelength selection. Users are advised to adjust integration settings or sample concentrations to mitigate saturation issues.

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Saturated Code

The document outlines various saturation error codes related to ICP spectrometers, detailing the conditions under which each code appears and its implications for data accuracy. Codes 2 through 6 indicate different saturation scenarios during pre-shot and integration phases, often due to high intensity readings or improper wavelength selection. Users are advised to adjust integration settings or sample concentrations to mitigate saturation issues.

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Saturation Codes

The software provides the following saturation error codes or messages. In some cases, saturation is
indicated during "preshot." This is an initial reading that is taken to determine the optimum auto-integration
time. On the Options page of the method you can select Auto Integration Report which will give you the exact
integration times determined during "auto-integration" or "pre-shot."

Code Description
2 "Saturated2" appears in the Net Intensity column in the Results Display. This
information also appears in the Spectra Display window. This code and
message applies only to simultaneous ICP spectrometers.

The intensity measured during pre-shot is too high for several wavelengths and
the detector cannot read out the data. You may be able to rerun the analysis
and select only one of the wavelengths to prevent saturation from occurring.

3 "Saturated3" appears in the Net Intensity column in the Results Display. This
information also appears in the Spectra Display window.

The intensity measured for the analyte during pre-shot is too high, even for a
1 ms integration (the shortest integration time available). Either the
wavelength chosen for the analyte was too sensitive or the sample contained
too high a concentration of the analyte.

4 "Saturated4" appears in the Net Intensity column in the Results Display. This
information also appears in the Spectra Display window.

The intensity measured for the analyte during the replicate readings is too
high. This may have occurred because the signal wasn't stabilized before the
pre-shot measurement, so the signal intensity changed between the "pre-shot"
reading and the time the replicate was measured.

For the Avio 200, Avio 200 Max, and Optima 7000/8000 in manual integration,
the message "Saturation within survey window" appears in the Results Display.
For either type of integration, the message "Saturated. Code = 4" appears in
the Spectra Display.

First, try increasing the read delay and rerunning the analysis. If saturation still
occurs, the wavelength chosen for the analyte was too sensitive or the sample
contained too high a concentration of the analyte.

5 In automatic integration, the message "Saturation outside of integration


window" appears in the Results Display. A peak with too high an intensity was
found outside of the auto integration window but within the survey window.

For the Avio 200, Avio 200 Max, and Optima 7000/8000, in manual integration,
the message "Saturation within survey window" appears in the Results Display.
For either type of integration, the message "Saturated. Code = 5" appears in
the Spectra Display.

For more information on the integration and survey windows, refer to the
Spectral Windows page in the Method Editor.

The saturated peak may not be the analyte of interest, but an interferent. If

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you are using background correction, be sure to check that the background
correction points are not placed in the range where saturation is occurring,
which can invalidate your results.

6 In automatic integration, the message "Saturation outside of integration


window" appears in the Results Display. In manual integration, the message
"Saturation outside survey window" appears in the Results Display. A peak with
too high an intensity was found outside the Survey window. For either type of
integration, the message "Saturated. Code = 6" appears in the Spectra
Display.

For more information on the integration and survey windows, refer to the
Spectral Windows page in the Method Editor.

The saturated peak may not be the analyte of interest, but an interferent. If
you are using background correction, be sure to check that the background
correction points are not placed in the range where saturation is occurring,
which can invalidate your results.

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