To Install A Capillary Column In The Ecd - Agilent Technologies 8860 Maintaining

11 Maintaining the ECD

To Install a Capillary Column in the ECD

To Install a Capillary Column in the ECD

1 Gather the following:
2 Launch the GC maintenance wizard: Maintenance > Column > Perform Maintenance >
Be careful! The oven and/or detector may be hot enough to cause burns. If the detector is
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hot, wear gloves to protect your hands.
Wear safety glasses to protect your eyes from flying particles while handling, cutting, or
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installing glass or fused silica capillary columns. Use care in handling these columns to
prevent puncture wounds.
3 Load the
Wear clean, lint-free gloves to prevent contamination of parts with dirt and skin oils.
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4 Place a septum (if the column id is ≤0.2 mm), capillary column nut, and ferrule on the
Ferrule
Column nut
Septum
5 Score the column using a glass scribing tool. The score must be square to ensure a clean
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• Ferrule, see "Consumables and Parts for the ECD"
• Column nut
• Septum
• Column
• 1/4-inch, 5/16-inch, and 9/16-inch wrenches
• Column cutter
• Lint-free gloves
Install Column > Start Maintenance. Wait for the GC to become ready.
The wizard will guide you through the maintenance steps described below.
inlet maintenance method
column.
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on page 174.
and wait for the GC to become ready.
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