Installing GC Columns 2
5975 Series MSD Operation Manual for MassHunter 39
To Prepare a Capillary Column for Installation
Materials needed
• Capillary column
• Column cutter, ceramic (5181-8836) or diamond (5183-4620)
• Ferrules
• 0.27-mm id, for 0.10-mm id columns (5062-3518)
• 0.37-mm id, for 0.20-mm id columns (5062-3516)
• 0.40-mm id, for 0.25-mm id columns (5181-3323)
• 0.5-mm id, for 0.32-mm id columns (5062-3514)
• 0.8-mm id, for 0.53-mm id columns (5062-3512)
• Gloves, clean
• Large (8650-0030)
• Small (8650-0029)
• Inlet column nut (5181-8830 for Agilent 7890A, 7820A and 6890, or
5183-4732 for 6850)
• Magnifying loupe
• Septum (may be old, used inlet septum)
Procedure
1 Slide a septum, column nut, and conditioned ferrule onto the free end of the
column (Figure 7). The tapered end of the ferrule should point away from
the column nut.
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