To Install A Capillary Column With The Purged Packed Inlet - Agilent Technologies Agilent 7890 Series Maintenance Manual

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Maintaining the Purged Packed Inlet

To Install a Capillary Column with the Purged Packed Inlet

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1 Gather the following:
• Column
• Ferrule (See "Consumables and Parts for the Purged
Packed Inlet" on page 68.)
• Column nut
• Glass liner
• Viton O- ring
• 0.53- mm column adapter
• Septum
• 1/4- inch wrench
• 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 the inlet 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.
3 Install a 0.53- mm column adapter. (See
Adapter on the Purged Packed Inlet"
Wear clean, lint-free gloves to prevent contamination of parts with
dirt and skin oils.
Install a new Viton O- ring. (See
4
on the Purged Packed Inlet"
5 Place a septum, capillary column nut, and ferrule on the
column.
and wait for the GC
"To Install an
on page 81.)
"To Change the O- Ring
on page 83.)
Maintaining Your GC