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Preparing packed metal columns.........................................................................................124
Procedure: Making a spacer from Teflon tubing ..............................................................125
Procedure: Installing ferrules on a metal column ............................................................127
Procedure: Installing an adapter in a detector fitting ......................................................128
Procedure: Installing packed metal columns ....................................................................129
Ferrules for packed metal columns .....................................................................................130
Part 3. Packed glass columns ............................................................................ 131
Overview: Installing glass packed columns ........................................................................131
Procedure: Installing glass packed columns .....................................................................133
Ferrules and O-rings for glass packed columns .................................................................135
Part 4. Conditioning columns ........................................................................... 136
Procedure: Preliminary column conditioning steps .........................................................137
Procedure: Conditioning a capillary column ....................................................................138
Procedure: Conditioning packed columns ........................................................................139
Part 5. Conditioning chemical traps ................................................................ 140
Part 6. Calibrating your capillary column (optional) ..................................... 141
Calibration modes ..................................................................................................................141
Column calibration procedures............................................................................................142
Procedure: Estimate the actual column length or diameter from
an elution time................................................................................................................ 142
Procedure: Estimate the actual column length or diameter from
the measured flow rate................................................................................................... 144
Procedure: Estimate the actual column length and diameter................................... 146
Chapter 6. Signal Handling
Using the signal control tables..............................................................................................150
Signal type.........................................................................................................................150
Value ..................................................................................................................................150
Analog output settings—zero, range, and attenuation ......................................................154
Analog zero .......................................................................................................................154
Procedure: Zeroing signal output................................................................................. 154
Range—for analog outputs only ....................................................................................155
Attenuation—for analog outputs only...........................................................................156
Data rates..........................................................................................................................157
Procedure: Selecting fast peaks................................................................................... 157
Digital data handling ..............................................................................................................157
Digital zero........................................................................................................................157