Properties:
| RelatedCategories | 4-PortSamplingandSwitchingValve,Analytical/Chromatography,GCAccessories,GasChromatography(GC),InstrumentUpgradesandMaintenance, |
| material | (Nitronic60) |
| feature | numberofports4 |
| mfr.no. | ,C4T |
| | VICIValco® |
| maximumtemperature | 300 °C |
| fittingsize | 1/16 in. |
Description:
Generaldescription
Isolateacolumntopreventacompound,emergingfromanupstreamcolumn,frombeingirreversIBLyadsorbed.Inthefigure,CO2isseparatedfromairinColumn1,andbypassesColumn2whenthevalveisswitchedtopositionB.AftertheCO2isdetected,thevalveisswitchedbacktopositionAandO2,N2,CH4,andCOelutefromColumn2tothedetector.
Samplingvalvebasicallysupportsthediscretevolumesofthetreatedsamplesstreamtoperiodicallyinjectintothecarriergasstreamofthechromatograph.Samplingvalvesarefittedwithelectricorpneumaticactuatorswhichhelpthemtobeoperatedautomatically.Switchingvalvearecriticalifbinarypumpsareused.Itallowsemploymentofdifferentdesiredmobilephases.Switchingvalveconsistsoffiveparts:controlunit,connectingdevice,valvebody,arotorandpreloadedassembly.
Application
SamplingvalvemaybeusedtoconnecttheLCandGCinstrumentstoallowfastanddependableintroductionoflargesamplevolumesontoacapillaryGCcolumn.
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