Hi Carmen,
Visually check your column in signs of contamination of stationary phase. It looks like your column was too old. In that case you could just reverse the column direction, and put for for long term conditioning at room temperature, then condition…
Hello, I am running residual solvent testing on a product for my company and I am having issues with peak sensitivity. I am running this testing on a 7890/7697 GCHS-FID combo. I am tasked with coming up with a solution to this issue by only adjusting…
Hello,
upon start vacuum sequence. You should hear a clik. This is for BK. Monitor IF/BK meter at that point. it has to go lower than 20 Pa. Then you should hear a second click. This time another valve open. It should rise above 20 Pa. Then after…
Hi Kris, thank you! I tried to upload the screenshot of the version info, but I failed. So I have to type all of them out since I'm not sure which one is useful. Hope it can help!
Agilent OpenLAB Intelligent Reporting A.01.11.138
Agilent OpenLAB CDS…
Hi kalle-h,
Has the method worked well for you in the past? Any changes recently like column trims? Sometimes small pieces of column can get caught inside the modulator fittings and impede flow, which has negative effects on our data.
If your peaks…
Hi All, I'm trying to get the following expression to work in a Qual 10 report (in excel format as that's about the extent of my coding knowledge): =IF(Area<DB_Notes,"Fail","Pass") to flag compounds which are less than a defined minimum peak area (which…
What should you consider when selecting gases for your new GC or GC/MS system?
Which gases will you be using?
Did you c onfirm that gases available are a supported configuration for installation ?
Gas requirements are specified in Site Preparation…
I have proposed system from agilent 7890B to check high purity gases . system consists of TCD , PDHID and FID . me question is do you think that system is complicated and i have risk that if any fault happened the whole system will be down . How to guard…
This Information Applies To: Agilent ICP-MS systems (7700/7800/7850/7900/8800/8900)
Issue
How to power on the Agilent ICP-MS Foreline Pump when fully powering on the Agilent ICP-MS System, or after performing maintenance.
Background
The ICP...
This Information Applies To: Agilent ICP-MS MassHunter Software version 5.1 and above
Issue
The user manuals for Agilent ICP-MS Systems for MassHunter 5.1 and above are included in the ICP-MS MassHunter Help and Learning Center. There are manuals...
This Information Applies To: Agilent ICP-MS systems (7700/7800/7850/7900/8800/8900)
Issue
Elevated oxide ratio values are defined as greater than 1.5% for x-lens configuration or greater than 3% for s-lens configuration. Possible causes are contamination...
This Information Applies To: Agilent GC/MS Systems
Issue
The software version is a valuable information usually required for troubleshooting, software updates preparation or to check installed options.
Table of contents
MassHunter GC/MS Acquisition...
This Information Applies To: Agilent LC modules with RFID tag readers
Issue
Agilent uses RFID (radio frequency identification tag) tag readers in some HPLC components such as detector lamps and flow cells, pump heads, purge valve and mixers. However...
This Information Applies To: Agilent LC systems with Lab Advisor software.
Issue
In Lab Advisor, the Logs and Results register is available for gathering history and additional information on the system. It presents data collected from the configured...
This Information Applies To: Agilent ICP-MS systems (7700/7800/7850/7900/8800/8900)
Issue
What information does the ICP-MS instrument status indicator provide?
Background
The ICP-MS Instrument Status Indicator on the instrument, and in the...
This Information Applies To: Agilent ICP-MS systems (7700/7800/7850/7900/8800/8900)
Issue
How to power off Agilent ICP-MS systems before maintenance, for long-term shutdown, or for power cycling the instrument. Power cycling may be required when...
This Information Applies To: Agilent OpenLab CDS
Issue
Steps to close an instrument connection to a primary instrument controller, to start a successful connection to a secondary instrument controller, or to configure the instrument.
Background...
This Information Applies To: Agilent HES source, Agilent 5977 Series GC/MSD
Issue:
During normal operation of the GC/MSD, the ion source will need to be disassembled to proceed with abrasive ion source cleaning and / or replacement of consumable...