Installing The New Capillary - Waters Xevo TQ-S Operator's, Overview And Maintenance Manual

Installing the new capillary

Required materials
• Chemical-resistant, powder-free gloves
• Needle-nose pliers
• 7-mm wrench
• Combined 2.5-mm Allen wrench and cone extraction tool
• Red PEEK tubing
• LC pump
• HPLC-grade (or better) 1:1 acetonitrile/water
• Capillary
• Sharp knife or PEEK tubing cutter
• Safety goggles
Warning:
hazardous, toxic, or corrosive materials, and to avoid spreading
contamination to uncontaminated surfaces, wear clean,
chemical-resistant, powder-free gloves when working with the
probe and source components.
To install the new capillary:
1. Use the sharp knife or PEEK tubing cutter to cut an approximately
60 cm (24 inches) piece of red PEEK tubing.
Requirement:
horizontal axis).
2. Insert one end of the red, PEEK tubing in the probe inlet connector, and
screw the connector, finger-tight, into the PEEK union.
Replacing the IonSABRE II probe sample capillary
To avoid personal contamination with biologically
Cut the tubing squarely (that is, perpendicular to its
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