Start-up time

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-011323",
  "term": "Start-up time",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The time interval between turning an instrument on and its reaching the stand-by state, the condition in which the analytical procedure can begin immediately. It covers the warm-up and stabilisation of components such as lamps, detectors, thermostatted zones and flows. An instrument already in stand-by has no start-up time, and one that has been shut down must go through it again.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "shut-down state",
    "stand-by state"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1989, 61, 1657. 'Nomenclature for automated and mechanised analysis (Recommendations 1989)' on page 1664 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198961091657)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/start-up-time/"
}