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Understanding Your Agilent ChemStation
Agilent Technologies
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Methods
What is a Method? 42
Parts of a Method 43
Method Information 43
Instrument Control 43
Data Analysis 43
Run-Time Checklist 45
Status of Methods 46
Stored Methods 46
Current Method 47
Creating Methods 48
Editing Methods 49
Method Parts to Edit 49
Method Directory Structure 51
What Happens When a Method is Run? 52
Method Operation 52
Pre-run Command or Macro (Run Time Checklist) 53
Data Acquisition (Run Time Checklist) 53
Data Analysis (Run Time Checklist) 54
Customized Data Analysis (Run Time Checklist) 55
Save GLP Data (Run Time Checklist) 55
Postrun Command or Macro (Run Time Checklist) 56
Save Copy of Method with Data (Run Time Checklist) 56
Save Copy of Method as DA.M with Data (ChemStation Default) 56
Method Operation Summary 57
This chapter describes the concepts of methods and how to work with them.