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Contents
Chapter 2. Installation
Step 1. Unpacking the GC ...................................................................................................... 28
Step 2. Placing the GC system on the benchtop.................................................................. 29
Step 3. Turning the power on................................................................................................. 30
Step 4. Connecting tubing to the gas supply tank ............................................................... 31
Step 5. Attaching traps to the gas supply tubing ................................................................. 32
Step 6. Attaching a SWAGELOK™ Tee to tubing................................................................ 33
Step 7. Attaching tubing to the inlet manifold..................................................................... 34
Step 8. Attaching tubing to detector manifolds................................................................... 35
6890 with Electronic Pressure Control........................................................................... 35
6890 with Manual Pressure Control ................................................................................ 36
Step 9. Checking for leaks...................................................................................................... 38
Step 10. Attaching cryogenic liquid supplies ....................................................................... 39
Attaching liquid carbon dioxide....................................................................................... 39
Attaching liquid nitrogen ..................................................................................................40
Step 11. Attaching valve actuator air .................................................................................... 42
Step 12. Setting source pressures.......................................................................................... 44
Step 13. Connecting cables .................................................................................................... 45
Cable diagrams ......................................................................................................................... 52
Analog cable, general use ................................................................................................. 52
Remote start/stop cable .................................................................................................... 53
Binary-coded decimal cable ............................................................................................. 54
External event cable.......................................................................................................... 55
Step 14. Setting the 7673 Automatic Liquid Sampler switches........................................... 56
Step 15. Configuring the GC.................................................................................................... 57
Configuring for the Agilent GPIB ChemStation............................................................. 57
Configuring for the INET integrator................................................................................ 58
Using the GC with a LAN.................................................................................................. 58
Appendix Making SWAGELOK Connections....................................................... 59
Index............................................................................................................................ 63