Maintaining Your GC
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To Install a Capillary Column in the TCD
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To Install a Capillary Column in the uECD
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To install a Capillary Column in the FPD Plus
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To Install a Capillary Column Adapter in the FPD
Set the column flow to the normal operating value, or set
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the capillary column gas velocity to 30 cm/s.
For Multimode, Split/Splitless, PTV, and VI inlets, select
split mode and set the split vent flow to 200 mL/min.
Purge the column with carrier flow for at least
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10 minutes before heating the oven.
Set the inlet temperature to 300 °C or 25 °C above the
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normal operating temperature.
Set the column oven 25 °C above the GC method final
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oven temperature to bake contaminants out of the inlet,
mostly through the split vent. Do not exceed the column
manufacturer's maximum temperature limit.
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Bakeout for 30 minutes.
Maintaining Capillary Columns
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