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2.2.4  Sample Type and Experiment Name

Every time you open a Raw Mass Spectrometry data file (see also: Open Datafile) you have to specify the Sample Type and the Experiment Name under which you want to save the data to be used in your age calculations. While you are performing the data regressions for these data, you can always recall this dialogbox via the Options # Sample Type menu.

When filling in the Experiment Name make sure to use unique names (see also: File Name Conventions). In the example below, the Experiment Name is based on the name of the first analysis in an incremental heating experiment. If you are processing data for a single incremental heating experiment, a set of single crystal analyses from one sample or a set of irradiation monitors from the same position in an irradiation package, leave the Experiment Name unchanged so that all your data can be collected and saved in one-and-the-same age calculation file.

Note   When you choose a Blank as the sample type, the experiment name is not necessary and thus will be grayed out. In future versions, the Spiked Argon Standard, Potassium Standard and Calcium Standard will be added as new options for Sample Type.