Agilent Technologies 6850 Series II User Information page 37

Installing columns in the split/splitless inlet
Before installing the column, be sure you have the correct glass liner installed.
1.
2.
2
cm
0
3.
Nut cover
Released: March 2004
Place the ferrule and column nut on the column end. Trim off a short piece
to remove any ferrule fragments inside the column.
Position the column so it extends 4 to 6 mm above the end of the ferrule.
Mark the column with typewriter correction or other marking fluid at a
point even with the bottom of the column nut.
4 to 6 mm
Mark column here
Insert the column in the inlet and slide the nut and ferrule up the column
to the inlet base. Finger tighten the column nut until it starts to grip the
column.
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