Contents
Released: March 2004 6850 Series II GC User Information page 2 of 256
Opening the oven ......................... 104
Removing the lid top cover ........ 105
Maintaining a sampling valve
(diaphragm type) ................... 106
Maintaining a sampling valve
(rotary type) ........................... 110
Maintaining the auxiliary EPC
module ................................... 116
Routine Maintenance:
Inlets
Maintaining a split/splitless inlet 120
Maintaining a purged packed
inlet .......................................... 134
Maintaining a PTV ....................... 150
Maintaining a cool on-column
inlet .......................................... 166
Routine Maintenance:
Detectors
Maintaining a thermal conductivity
detector (TCD) ....................... 184
Maintaining a flame ionization
detector (FID) ........................ 187
Maintaining a Microcell Electron
Capture Detector (µECD) ..... 200
Maintaining the flame photometric
detector (FPD) ....................... 208
Automatic Liquid Sampler
and Injector
Pre-run checklist .......................... 217
Running a sample ........................ 217
Preparing sample vials ................ 218
Preparing the solvent and waste
bottles ..................................... 220
Syringes ......................................... 221
Cool on-column injection ........... 228
The 6850 automatic liquid
sampler ................................... 229
The 6850 automatic injector ....... 236
Faults ............................................. 239
Installing a sampler or injector
on the 6850 GC ....................... 242
Installing the injector mounting
bracket and post .................... 243
Installation
Installation checklist ................... 244
Setting your IP address ............... 245
Safely route vent tubing .............. 247
Prepare the cryogenic oven
cooling system ....................... 247
Configuration ............................... 252
Site Prep Summary
Summary of GC benchtop and lab
requirements .......................... 254
Sampling Techniques
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