To Condition A Capillary Column - Agilent Technologies 8860 Maintaining

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To Condition a Capillary Column

To Condition a Capillary Column

This conditioning procedure provides generic instructions. Always follow the column
manufacturer's recommendations.
1 Gather the following:
Do not use hydrogen as the carrier for conditioning! It could vent into the oven and present an
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explosion hazard.
Be careful! The oven and all internal GC components may be hot enough to cause burns. If
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the oven is hot, wear heat-resistant 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.
2 Manually set the inlet and oven temperature to < 40 °C, and wait for the inlet, oven, and all
3 Install the column into the inlet using new ferrules. If the column is already installed, skip
Perform the column installation procedure manually. Do not use the automated column
NOTE
installation wizard.
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• One 7/16-inch, and 1/4-inch wrenches
• No-hole ferrule. See "Consumables and Parts for Columns"
• Column nut
other parts you might come into contact with inside the oven to cool before continuing.
this step. An installed column can be conditioned while connected to a detector.
• "To Install a Capillary Column with the Split/Splitless Inlet"
• "To Install a Capillary Column with the Purged Packed Inlet"
on page 30.
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