Agilent Technologies G2570A GC/MSD Installation And Operation Differences page 70

3 Operational Differences
Installing the Column Inlet
14 The column should not slide with a gentle tug.
15 Allow five minutes before applying heat to any GC thermal zone. This wait
time is to purge trapped air from the column.
Do NOT install the outlet side of the column into the GC/MS interface until the
column is properly conditioned.
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