To Install A Capillary Column With The Cool On-Column Inlet - Agilent Technologies 8890 Maintaining Manual

7 Maintaining the COC Inlet

To Install a Capillary Column with the Cool On-Column Inlet

To Install a Capillary Column with the Cool
On-Column Inlet
1 Gather the following:
2 Place GC in maintenance mode: Maintenance > Instrument > Perform Maintenance >
Be careful! The oven and/or inlet may be hot enough to cause burns. If either is hot, wear
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heat-resistant gloves to protect your hands.
Wear safety glasses to protect your eyes from flying particles while handling, cutting, or
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installing glass or fused silica capillary columns. Use care in handling these columns to
prevent puncture wounds.
Wear clean, lint-free gloves to prevent contamination of parts with dirt and skin oils.
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3 Before installing the column, be sure the correct insert is installed for the needle and
4 Place a capillary column nut and ferrule on the column.
Ferrule
Column nut
5 Score the column using a glass scribing tool. The score must be square to ensure a clean
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• Column nut and ferrule, see
page 102.
• Column cutter
• 1/4-inch and 5/16-inch wrenches
• Lint-free gloves
Maintenance Mode > Start Maintenance. Wait for the GC to become ready.
column. See "To Install an Insert on the COC Inlet"
break.
"Consumables and Parts for the Cool On-Column Inlet"
on page 112.
on
Maintaining Your GC