To Install A Capillary Column With The Optional Tcd Capillary Column Adapter - Agilent Technologies Agilent 7890 Series Maintenance Manual

To Install a Capillary Column with the Optional TCD Capillary Column
Adapter
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Maintaining Your GC
Gather the following:
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• Ferrule (See "Consumables and Parts for the TCD"
page 232.)
• Column cutter
• Column nut
• 1/4- in. and 7/16- in. wrenches
• Lint- free gloves
Load the GC maintenance method
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become ready.
Be careful! The detector may be hot enough to cause burns. If the
detector 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.
Place a capillary column nut and ferrule on the column.
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Ferrule
Column nut
Score the column using a glass scribing tool. The score
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must be square to ensure a clean break.
Maintaining the TCD
and wait for the GC to
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on
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