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GC TROUBLESHOOTING & USER MAINTENANCE
INTRODUCTION
This course provides fundamental knowledge about troubleshooting, start-up, elementary maintenance and diagnostics from chromatograms. It will introduce troubleshooting as a way of thinking and acting and will deal with some of the most common problems related to GC including the starting of a standard GC, routine maintenance for operations and diagnostics from chromatograms. This course will help you in operating your system in a reliable way.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
All GC users who have reasonable and practical experience in gas chromatography.
TOPICS COVERED
•The structural approach to troubleshooting
•First checks – tools and spare parts
•Sample introductions – syringes and valves
•Injectors – direct and splitter
•Gas regulation system – flow controller, pressure regulator and gas purity filters
•Columns – temperature range, over-loading and bleeding
•Detectors – TCD, FID
•Data – Unstable baseline, fluctuations, retention data, repeatability, reproducibility and reliability
•Common problems related to the data management software
•System repeatability – retension shifts
•Quantitative repeatability – deviation in peak height, peak area
•Maintenance scheme, routine checks and replacement
•Diagnostics from chromatograms and interpretation of problems
Fees: USD 3,650 $
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