Step 2. Connect Carrier, Detector And Valve Actuator Gases And Check For External Leaks - Agilent Technologies 6820 Getting Started

Step 2. Connect Carrier, Detector and Valve Actuator Gases and Check
for External Leaks
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Getting Started
Materials needed
• 1/8-inch preconditioned copper tubing
• Tubing cutter
• 1/8-inch Swagelok nuts, front and back ferrules
• Two 7/16-inch wrenches
Before starting, see Appendix
to determine what connections are required.
1 Turn off all gases at the source. Measure the length of tubing
needed to connect the gas supply outlet to the inlet fitting on
the GC. Take into account any traps or tees you will need.
If you need more than 4.5 m (15 feet) of 1/8-inch gas supply tubing for a
gas source, use 1/4-inch tubing with appropriate hardware.
2 Cut the tubing to length with a tubing cutter
Cutting wheel
Figure 4 Typical tubing cutter
3 Connect the tubing to the gas source with a
See Appendix A, "Swagelok Connections".
Installing the GC
B, "Factory Plumbing," starting on page 99,
(Figure 4).
fitting.
Swagelok
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