Agilent Technologies 5975 Operation Manual page 3

About This Manual
5975 Series MSD Operation Manual for MassHunter
This manual contains information for operating and
maintaining the Agilent 5975 Series Gas Chromatograph/Mass
Selective Detector (GC/MSD) system.
1 "Introduction"
Chapter 1 describes general information about the 5975 Series
MSDs, including a hardware description, general safety
warnings, and hydrogen safety information.
2 "Installing GC Columns"
Chapter 2 shows you how to prepare a capillary column for use
with the MSD, install it in the GC oven, and connect it to the
MSD using the GC/MSD interface.
3 "Operating in Electron Impact (EI) Mode"
Chapter 3 describes basic tasks such as setting temperatures,
monitoring pressures, tuning, venting, and pumpdown. Much of
the information in this chapter also applies to CI operation.
4 "Operating in Chemical Ionization (CI) Mode"
Chapter 4 describes additional tasks necessary to operate in CI
mode.
5 "General Maintenance"
Chapter 5 describes maintenance procedures common to both
EI and CI instruments.
6 "CI Maintenance"
Chapter 6 describes maintenance procedures unique to CI
MSDs.
A "Chemical Ionization Theory"
Appendix A is an overview of chemical ionization theory.
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