We're turning on our high temperature GC pyrolysis furnace for the first time. I can't seem to find clear/straightforward instructions in either manual that I have access to at the moment. [Is the Pope Catholic?]

Can someone recommend the timing and rate and temperatures for this reactor furnace?

Also, one manual mentions preconditioning, meaning injecting a microliter of solvent in the column before actually analyzing samples. Does anyone know what this actually does? And, do any of you have a procedure in place for this?

Thanks for your help. We're proceeding and will keep you informed regardless.

Marilyn Fogel