Hi Brian,
What kind of detector are you using? From my experience with FID, you shouldn’t have issues with septa bleed from re-running samples within the same day. If you inject the vial and then re-run it after a day, you will probably see n-hydrocarbon…
Please try to remove the sample probe and perform the initialization. If it completes successfully make sure the probe is not touching or causing the movement issue. If it failed. Call the response center to get more help with the SPS-4. It could be a…
While running oils and extracts on GC,the basline shows wandering as in the attached photo below in the range from 75 to 100 mins.The problem is not related to specific temperature because it appears at the beginning of the run,middle and at the end in…
Hi all,
I have a 6890A GC with a FID. We recently acquired the instrument and I have been running standards up to test methods. I have been getting signals that seem suspiciously low.
I am injecting Matreya Bacterial CP FAME mix (C11-C20 methyl esters…
Hi Mohammad, Thanks for your thought, detector temperature is not extremely high or low. I did monitor temperature for FID and inlet the whole time even during the injection. It was stable and maintained for hours/days. Method that I was using I had checked…
Hello everyone,
I have a 8890 GC-FID that I've just started running.
I want to create a "shut down" method that turns off (or lowers) H2 and Air once a run is completed or that can uploaded at the end of the day. The goal here is to keep the instrument…
Hi,
there is quite a big drop in sensitivity in August. that's interesting. Are the MassHunter settings for the "Configure Ignition Sequence" "Standard Tune" and are all the Startup tasks, beside the P/A factor and EM run succesfully? please run then…
I am using an Agilent 6460 Triple Quad and have been dealing with a terribly low signal for the past few days, the signal appears at an abundance of 30 to 50 as a baseline only. I analyzed different compounds with different concentrations, the Tune mix…
Hi guys, I'm experiencing regular times ghost peaks starting at 120°C to 295°C.....my setup is GC-FID 6890, Low pressure drop, Ultra Inert Liner with glass wool, column HP1 widebore..... I have cutted the inj/det 5 inches of column, heated at 295°C with…
I am trying to run a Injector Precision PV test using the conditions described in the software: caffeine standard (125 ug/mL) and HP ODS Hypersil 5 um, 125 x 4 mm part 7982618-564 . The method uses 85:15 Water:ACN mobile phase at 0.8 mL/min. The test…
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