Instrument Database:
Hewlett-Packard - HP 5890 A GC ( Agilent Technologies Inc. )
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Year of introduction |
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Status |
historical ( out of sale ) |
Company |
Hewlett-Packard
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Categories |
Chromatography: GC |
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Specifications |
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Specifications: Heated Devices - Five heated zones standard: Two detectors, Two inlets, one auxiliary
- Methods stored: Two
Split/Splitless Capillary - Range to 400°C in 1°C increments
- Back-pressure design permits independent adjustment of split flow rate without affecting column flow
- Septum purge built in at 3 ml/min
- Accepts columns up to 1.2-mm od
- Multimode design includes split and splitless injection
- Splitless purge time variable in 0.01-min elements
Flame Ionization Detector - Range to 450°C
- Grounded jet and current limited design for operator safety
- Push-button flame ignition
- Sensitive:
> 18 mCoul/gm carbon: nitrogen carrier, 0.018-in. id jet > 15 mCoul/gm carbon: helium carrier, 0.018-in. id jet > 22mCoul/gm carbon: nitrogen carrier, 0.018-in. id capillary jet > 18 mCoul/gm carbon: helium carrier, 0.018-in. id capillary jet - Minimum detectable: <5 pg carbon/sec, nitrogen carrier at S/N=2
- Linear dynamic range: <+/- 10% over a 10 7 range with 0.018-in. id jet
- Conditions: column flow 50 ml/min, 45 ml/min H2, 650 ml/min air, propane sample
Column Oven - Operating range: 4 °C above ambient to 450 °C
- Setpoint entry: 1 °C for temperatures, 0.1 °C for program rates
- Programming: Rates 0.1 to 70 °C per min, 650 min maximum run time, Three ramps with initial/final holds
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