To Cut A Loop From A Column - Agilent Technologies 7820A Manual

To Cut a Loop from a Column

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Maintaining Your GC
Gather the following:
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• New ferrule(s) for the column inlet connection
• Column cutter
Load the inlet maintenance method
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become ready.
Be careful! The oven and/or inlet may be hot enough to cause
burns. If the inlet is hot, wear heat-resistant gloves to protect your
hands.
Wear safety glasses to protect your eyes from flying particles
while handling, cutting, or installing glass or fused silica capillary
columns. Use care in handling these columns to prevent puncture
wounds.
Loosen the inlet column nut and remove the column from the
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inlet.
Uncoil one loop of column from the column hanger.
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Cut the unwanted loop from the column.
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Install the column into the inlet using the new ferrules. See:
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• To Install a Capillary Column with the Split/Splitless Inlet
• To Install a Capillary Column with the Purged Packed
Inlet
• To Install a Capillary Column with the COC Inlet
Maintaining Capillary Columns
and wait for the GC to
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