TCD checkout conditions
Getting Started
Set up the GC as shown in
of setpoint entry.
Table 14
TCD checkout conditions
Column
Sample
Inlet
Temperature
Initial pressure
Mode (split/splitless)
Purge time (split/splitless)
Purge flow (split/splitless)
Detector
Temperature
Reference flow
Makeup flow
Offset
Oven
Init temp
Init time
Rate
Final temp
Final time
Checking Performance
Table
14. See
page 79
DB-1, 15 m x 0.53 mm x 0.5 µm, part
number 125-1017
1 µL of FID checkout, 18710-60170
Purged packed or split/splitless
250 °C
0.052 MPa (7.7 psi) for 20 mL/min
helium or 0.029 MPa (4.2 psi) for
20 mL/min hydrogen at 80 °C
Splitless
0.75 min
60 mL/min
TCD
300 °C
30 mL/min
2 mL/min
Less than 40 display counts
80 °C
0 min
15 °C/min
180 °C
2 min
for an example
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