TY - BOOK AU - Rood,Dean TI - The troubleshooting and maintenance guide for gas chromatogtaphers SN - 978527313730 PY - 2007/// CY - Weinheim PB - Wiley-VCH KW - Gas chromatography KW - Instruments KW - Maintenance and repair N1 - Introduction to capillary gas chromatography. -- Basic definitions and equations. -- Capillary GC columns: Tubing. -- Capillary GC columns: Stationary phases. -- Capillary GC columns: Dimensions. -- Carrier gas. -- Injectors. -- Detectors. -- Column installation. -- Column test mixtures. -- Causes and prevention of column damage. -- Troubleshooting guidelines, approaches and tests. -- Common capillary GC problems and probable causes. -- Appendix A: Terms. -- Appendix B: Equations. -- Appendix C: Mass, volume and length unit conversions. -- Appendix D: Column bleed mass spectra. -- Appendix E: The basics of high speed GC using small diameter columns. -- Appendix F: Basic quantitative capillary GC ER -