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No peaks eluting from the GC column when using APGC - WKB114229

Article number: 114229

SYMPTOMS

  • No peaks elute from column 
  • Complete noise background; no bleed peaks come off
  • Cone gas set to 0 in order to elevate any background peaks (should be between 100 and 150 in stepwave instrument)
  • Peaks ionizing the heptacosa in background 
  • All other source conditions tuned normally 

ENVIRONMENT

  • APGC
  • UNIFI
  • Xevo G2-XS
  • Xevo G2-S
  • Xevo TQ-S
  • Xevo TQ-XS
  • SYNAPT G2
  • SYNAPT G2-S 
  • SYNAPT G2-Si

CAUSE

Broken column (column snapped in the middle)

FIX or WORKAROUND

Swap columns

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

id114229, APGC, MALDIG2SI, SYNG2HD, SYNG2HDMAL, SYNG2MS, SYNG2MSMAL, SYNG2SHD, SYNG2SHDML, SYNG2SIHD, SYNG2SIMS, SYNG2SMS, SYNG2SMSML, XEVOG2SQTF, XEVOG2STOF, XEVOG2XSQT, XEVOG2XSTF, XEVOTQS, XEVOTQSIVD, XEVOTQXS, XEVTQSMIVD, XEVTQXSIVD

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