Agilent Technologies 6890 Series - Procedure: Installing Glass Packed Columns

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Part 3. Packed glass columns Columns and Traps
Procedure: Installing glass packed columns
Procedure: Installing glass packed columns
Materials required
Recommended: Alternative:
Two 1/4-inch graphitized Vespel ferrules Four O-rings
Two 1/4-inch nuts Two back ferrules
9/16-inch wrench Two 1/4-inch nuts
9/16-inch wrench
1. Assemble a brass nut and graphitized Vespel ferrule on each end of the
column. Alternative method: Install a 1/4-inch nut, back ferrule, and two
O-rings on each end of the column. An extra O-ring below the nut keeps the
nut from dropping into the coiled portion of the column.
Recommended
Alternative installation method
Graphitized vespel ferrule
1/4-inch nut
1/4-inch od glass column
O-rings
Back ferrule (note orientation)
1/4-inch nut