To Install A Capillary Column With The Purged Packed Inlet - Agilent Technologies 7820A Manual

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Maintaining the Purged Packed Inlet

To Install a Capillary Column with the Purged Packed Inlet

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Gather the following:
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• Column
• Ferrule (See "Consumables and Parts for the Purged
Packed Inlet" on page 60.)
• Column nut
• Glass liner
• Viton O-ring
• 0.53-mm column adapter
• Septum
• 1/4-inch wrench
• Metric ruler
• Lint-free gloves
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.
Install a 0.53-mm column adapter. (See
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Adapter on the Purged Packed Inlet"
Wear clean, lint-free gloves to prevent contamination of parts with
dirt and skin oils.
Install a new Viton O-ring. (See
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Purged Packed Inlet"
Place a septum, capillary column nut, and ferrule on the
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column.
and wait for the GC to
"To Install an
on page 72.)
"To Change the O-Ring on the
on page 74.)
Maintaining Your GC