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Why do GC Capillary Connections Leak?

• angled union • capillary chromatography • column leaks • column repair • column repair union • cracked column • fixing a broken column • gas chromatography • glass union • glass y splitter • low activity • Pres2fit • press2fit • Pressfit • presstight • quartz union • y splitter

The 3 Leading Causes of Column Leaks Among some chromatographers, capillary connections using press fit connectors have a reputation for leaking. Where there was a time when this was true, that time has past. InnovaQuartz collected and studied leaks from the field for a period of three years; 28 of the leaks were in our own products (of over 1,000,000 sold in that same period) and most of those were Y-splitters. We found that 98+% of leaks in press fit connections arise from three classes of problems, all of which may be addressed by a correctly designed connector:   1)Œ  Less...

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Bare Glass versus Deactivation

• absorption • activity • deactivation • gas chromatography • glass union • glass y splitter • low activity • Pres2fit • press2fit • Pressfit • presstight • quartz union • reactivity • sample degradation • y splitter

electrically fused quartz is lower activity more inert) than your bare column capillary is

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Why Choose Quartz for GC Liners?

• advantages of quartz • low activity • low reactivity • SilcoNert 2000 deactivation • thermal conductivity • thermal shock resistance • upper use temperature

Injection port liners are the last borosilicate glass components commonly used inside...

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