Agilent Technologies G7035A Operation Manual page 35

Always wear clean gloves while handling any parts that go inside the GC or analyzer
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chambers.
Procedure
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Cool the oven to room temperature.
Wearing clean gloves, slide a septum, column nut, and conditioned ferrule
onto the free end of the column
should point away from the column nut.
Capillary column
Column cutter
Ferrule, taper up
Inlet column nut
Septum
Preparing a capillary column for installation
Use the column cutter to score the column 2 cm from the end.
While holding the column against the column cutter with your thumb,
break the column against the edge of the column cutter.
Inspect the end for jagged edges or burrs. If the break is not clean and
even, repeat steps 3 and 4.
Wipe the outside of the free end of the column with a lint-free cloth
moistened with methanol.
Installing GC Columns
(Figure 3). The tapered end of the ferrule
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