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GC setup protocol:

1. Start PC (PC08-107) and select program ‘GCsolution’

2. Select tab‘Operation’

and click on ‘Analysis 1’ (e.g. not ‘Offline Editor’ or ‘Postrun’).

Login name is required (User ID=Admin, Password=blank), click ‘OK’.

The program ‘Labsolutions GC Real Time Analysis’ is started and a connection to the GC is
established.
3. Notice the orange ‘Not Ready’ sign in the left corner. To visualize the current machine
settings click ‘view’, ‘Instrument Monitor’.
4. To run a program click ‘file’, ‘open method file’ and select a file (*.gcm). For example
select: D:\General protocols\universal_method_aromatics_8 min.gcm.

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5. The CG-program is selected by clicking on ‘Download’ or by selecting ‘Acquisition’,

‘download Instrument Parameters’.

6. Turn on the flame by clicking on ‘ON’-button in the Instrument Monitor panel.

7. Check if all CG-parameters are set correctly (all light on GC are green and no yellow
labels in the Instrument Monitor panel.

8. IN CASE of ERROR, select on the GC-machine: ‘DIAG’, ‘STANDARD

DIAGNOSIS’, ‘ENTER’. A diagnostic analysis will follow. Usually on of the gas
flasks are empty (CAR1=helium, Ask Martin). A help guide is selected by clicking
‘Configuration and Maintenance’, ‘Maintenance Guide’. Select ‘GC-2010’ for help on
e.g. septum replacements.

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9. Multiple sample runs are setup by clicking on ‘Batch Processing’, ‘Batch Table
Wizard’. Make sure that ‘data file’ is saved to the correct directory by clicking on file
name and selecting right folder.
10. Batch runs are started by pressing ‘START’ and saving the batch-file.
11. Anaerobic samples (100 ul, SGE-syringe, Microlance 25G needle) are taken and
injected (Luer Lock Needle) in the sample injection port, and pressing ‘START’ on the
GC machine.

12. Retention times, Curve Area, and Curve Height of each run are stored during each run
op the PC.
13. The data is inspected using the ‘Postrun’ program that can be selected in the
‘Operation’ tab of the GCsolution software (see point 2)

.
14. After you have finished your analyses: select ‘file’, ‘close batch file, and close the
batch file tab.

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15. Set the CG in standby-mode by clicking ‘file’, ‘open method file’; d:\general
protocols\standby. Press the ’Download’ button. The GC machine then goes to standby
modus. Do not switch off the GC!
16. Close all software in the PC and switch it off.

Column Information

Column Name : Rtx-1 Restec 10169

Serial Number :
Film Thickness : 1,50 um
Column Length : 30,0 m
Inner Diameter : 0,32 mm ID
Column Max Temp : 330 C
Installation Date : 2008/11/28

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GC and GC methods Program name: benzene-toluene-short.gcm

GC: Shimadzu GC-2010,He as carrier gas
• Measures benzene and toluene in the gas phase.
• Up to 0.15mL sample can be injected.

Injection Port SPL1:

Injection Mode Split
Temperature 250°C
Carrier Gas He
Flow Control Mode Velocity
Pressure 102,3 kPa
Total Flow 36,0 mL/min
Column Flow 3,00 mL/min
Linear Velocity 47,4 cm/sec
Purge Flow 3,0 mL/min
Split Ratio 10,0
High Pressure Injection OFF
Carrier Gas Saver OFF
Splitter Hold OFF

Column Oven:

Initial Temperature : 75°C, Equilibration Time : 0,5 min
=Column Oven Temperature Program=
Total Program Time : 4,08 min
Rate(°C/min) Temperature(°C) Hold Time(min)
- 75 2.00
12 100 0

Detector Channel 1 FID1:

Temperature 300° C
Signal Acquire Yes
Sampling Rate 40 msec
Stop Time 4,08 min
Delay Time 0,00 min
Subtract Detector None
Makeup Gas He
Makeup Flow 30,0 mL/min
H2 Flow 40,0 mL/min
Air Flow 400,0 mL/min

Retention times:
Benzene: 2.48 minutes
Toluene: 3.73 minutes

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