Metrohm 790 Personal IC - Manual (Page 52)

2.9 Putting into operation
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2.9 Putting into operation
2.9.1 Putting into operation without suppressor (cation system)
Before sample solutions can be injected at the 2.790.0010 Personal
IC (without suppressor), the entire system must be tested for leaks and
then conditioned with eluent until the baseline is stable. Proceed as fol-
lows:
1 Open system
• Start the «790 Personal IC» PC program, if it has not already
been started (see section 2.5.3).
• Select File / Open / System in the main window. Select the sys-
tem file suited for the inserted cation column Cation.smt and
click on <Open> .
2 Open control window
• Double-click the 790 icon in the system window. The control
window for manual control of the 790 Personal IC appears,
which indicates conductivity, pressure and current system
parameters.
3 Start system
• Make sure, that the aspirating tubing 6.1834.010 for the high-
pressure pump is immersed in the eluent.
• Select Startup hardware (Measure baseline) from the Control
menu in the system window. The high-pressure pump is
started, at the same time, a chromatogram window is opened
where the baseline is recorded continuously.