Agilent Technologies 5975 Operation Manual page 96

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Operating in Electron Impact (EI) Mode
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9 Click Pump Down in the Vacuum Control dialog and follow the system prompts.
Do not turn on any GC heated zones until carrier gas flow is on. Heating a column with
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no carrier gas flow will damage the column.
10 When prompted, turn on the GC/MSD interface heater and GC oven. Click
11 After the message Okay to run appears, wait 2 hours for the MSD to reach
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In the Manual Tune dialog, select the Vacuum Control tab.
OK when you have done so.
The software will turn on the ion source and mass filter (quad) heaters.
The temperature setpoints are stored in the current autotune (*.u) file.
thermal equilibrium. Data acquired before the MSD has reached thermal
equilibrium may not be reproducible.
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