To Install A Packed Metal Column - Agilent Technologies 7820A Manual

To Install a Packed Metal Column

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Maintaining Your GC
Gather the following:
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• 7/16-inch, 9/16-inch, and 1/2-inch wrenches
• Lint-free gloves
Load the GC maintenance method
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become ready.
3 Prepare the packed metal column. (See
on a Packed Metal Column"
Be careful! The oven, inlet, and/or detector may be hot enough to
cause burns. If the oven, inlet, or detector is hot, wear
heat-resistant gloves to protect your hands.
Install the 1/8-inch or 1/4-inch packed column inlet adapter,
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if necessary. (See "To Install an Adapter on the Purged
Packed Inlet" on page 72.)
Wear clean, lint-free gloves to prevent contamination of parts with
dirt and skin oils.
5 Attach the column to the inlet adapter. Finger-tighten the
nut.
Tighten the nut an additional 1/4 turn with a wrench (for a
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1/8-inch column) or an additional 3/4 turn (for a 1/4-inch
column).
Use two wrenches, one on the column nut and the other on
the adapter, to prevent the adapter from rotating.
7 Configure the new packed column (make sure either column
length or diamter is zero).
Do not use hydrogen as the carrier for conditioning! It could vent
into the oven and present an explosion hazard.
Condition the column, if necessary. (See
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Packed Column" on page 88.)
Load the GC maintenance method
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become ready.
Maintaining the Purged Packed Inlet
and wait for the GC to
"To Install Ferrules
on page 90.)
"To Condition a
and wait for the GC to
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