Adding Irradiations Packages

Adding an Irradiation/Package

At its core the irradiation/package feature in pychron is simply a mechanism to group samples. You MUST enter samples via Menubar/Entry/Sample (see Sample Entry) first before adding them to a irradiation/package.

Outline

1. Open Package window
2. Add a package
3. Add a level
4. Populate level with samples

Open Package Window

Add a new package.

Select the "Add Irradiation" button

Add a Irradiation Chronology Segment.

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NOTE

Setting up the package chronology and reactor is only relavent to Ar/Ar. If you are not doing Ar/Ar geochronology, goto Preferences/Entry and change the mode to "simple"

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Set reactor

Add a new level to the package.

1. Select the newly created package from the drop down
2. Select the "Add Level" button

3. Add Levels.
4. Populate Levels
5. Set Chronology
6. Set nominal J/Flux
7. Generate Identifiers a. select 2XXXX number for Monitors
8. Export to MassSpec
9. Make Labbook