User guide

Glossary Model 6200T Total Sulfur Analyzer
336 Teledyne Analytical Instruments
Term Description/Definition
PTFE Polytetrafluoroethylene, a very inert polymer material used to handle gases that may react
on other surfaces; one of the polymers that Du Pont markets as Teflon
®
PVC Poly Vinyl Chloride, a polymer used for downstream tubing
Rdg Reading
RS-232 specification and standard describing a serial communication method between DTE (Data
Terminal Equipment) and DCE (Data Circuit-terminating Equipment) devices, using a
maximum cable-length of 50 feet
RS-485 specification and standard describing a binary serial communication method among
multiple devices at a data rate faster than RS-232 with a much longer distance between
the host and the furthest device
SAROAD
Storage and Retrieval of Aerometric Data
SLAMS
State and Local Air Monitoring Network Plan
SLPM Standard Liters Per Minute of a gas at standard temperature and pressure
STP
Standard Temperature and Pressure
TCP/IP Transfer Control Protocol / Internet Protocol, the standard communications protocol for
Ethernet devices
TEC
Thermal Electric Cooler
TPC
Temperature/Pressure Compensation
USB Universal Serial Bus: a standard connection method to establish communication between
peripheral devices and a host controller, such as a mouse and/or keyboard and a
personal computer or laptop
VARS Variables, the variable settings of the instrument
V-F
Voltage-to-Frequency
Z/S
Zero / Span