Agilent Technologies 5975T LTM GC Operation Manual page 34

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Installing LTM Columns
Always wear safety glasses when handling capillary columns. Use care to avoid
WA R N I N G
puncturing your skin with the end of the column.
Wear clean, lint-free gloves to prevent contamination of the parts.
C A U T I O N
2 Slide a septum, column nut, and conditioned ferrule onto the free end of the
Capillary column
Column cutter
Ferrule, taper up
Inlet column nut
Septum
Figure 4
3 Use the sharp edge of the column cutter to score the column 2 cm from the
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column (Figure 4). The tapered end of the ferrule should point away from
the column nut.
Preparing a capillary column for installation
end. See Figure 5.
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