To Install A Capillary Column With The Vi - Agilent Technologies Agilent 7890 Series Maintenance Manual

To Install a Capillary Column with the VI

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C A U T I O N
Maintaining Your GC
1 Gather the following:
• Long (65 mm) column nut
• Column
• Ferrule
• Column cutter
• Isopropanol
• Septum
• 1/4- inch wrench
• Lab tissue
• Metric ruler
• Lint- free gloves
Load the inlet maintenance method
2
to become ready.
Be careful! The oven and/or inlet may be hot enough to cause
burns. If either is hot, wear heat-resistant gloves to protect your
hands.
Wear safety glasses to protect your eyes from flying particles
while handling, cutting, or 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.
3 Place the column on the hanger with the ends pointing up
and the label to the front.
Place a septum, long capillary column nut, and ferrule on
4
the column.
Use a long column nut. (See
the VI" on page 178.)
Maintaining the VI
and wait for the GC
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