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LS 6000 Scintillation System User’s Manual
PN 247971-F
7-3
How Sample Preparation Affects Results
Recognizing And Avoiding Statics
7
If you are unable to eliminate the source of single photon events, Lum-Ex Correction (if
installed) can subtract all contributions from single events from each isotope window.
7.2 Recognizing And Avoiding Statics
Statics are a common source of erratic high counts, resulting from a static charge on the
surface of the sample vial discharging in the counting chamber.
Static charges accumulate on sample vials when the vials are handled during sample
preparation. The instrument is equipped with an electronic ion source that will neutralize
static charges under most circumstances.
Certain conditions, however, may cause such large static build-ups that an appreciable charge
remains on the vial. The problem is most prominent in hot, dry weather or in the winter
when the indoor air is heated and dry. However, statics can also be seen in rainy, damp
weather. The use of plastic vials, especially when handled while wearing latex gloves, is
another major source of static build-up.
To check for the presence of statics, count one of your own samples (not an unquenched
standard) repeatedly over a period of time. If the count rate is erratic (increasing and
decreasing cpm) the presence of statics is likely.
The following steps should be taken when a statics problem is encountered:
1. Use vinyl or polyethylene gloves, not latex.
2. Treat the gloves with anti-static spray and/or wipe them with an anti-static cloth.
Treatment with an anti-static type fabric softener cloth, such as the type commonly used
with a house-hold clothes dryer, is particularly useful since it can prevent statics for
many days.
3. Wipe each vial completely with the anti-static cloth. Statics is very localized on a vial so
the entire vial must be wiped-sides, top and bottom.
Figure 7.1 shows how the effect of statics and how wiping a vial can immediately reduce
statics to normal background.
7.3 Two Phase Samples
A two-phase sample—that is, one that has separated into two distinct phases before or during
counting—may yield variable and highly inaccurate data from the counting process. In
addition, accurate quench monitoring is not possible. A sample may be thoroughly emulsified
when placed in the instrument, but may separate while waiting to be counted. Although the
two phases are sometimes visually distinct, in other cases the only difference that can be seen
is a slight haze, noticeable only on close observation. When plastic vials are used, even a
distinct separation would, of course, not be visible.
Samples separate into two phases because the sample exceeds the ability of the emulsifier to
make all of the aqueous samples soluble with the organic solvent of the cocktail. This
overload could be from too much sample, high salt concentrations, or extreme pH’s which
degrade the emulsifier. If there is a change in room temperature (sometimes only a few
degrees), a single phase sample can become two phase.
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