Guides and Cross-References

From product selection assistance to maintenance advice, these popular resources from our Technical Library are invaluable.

• GC Inlet Maintenance: Quick-Reference Guide: Select the right GC inlet supplies, establish an inlet maintenance program to prevent unwanted downtime, and easily order the products you need for your specific instrument.
• Agilent GC-MS Maintenance: Quick-Reference Guide: Maintain and enhance your instrument's performance with our line of routine GC-MS maintenance and replacement parts for Agilent mass spectrometers.
• Capillary Column Installation Guide: Explore this in-depth guide to proper GC capillary column installation for detailed instructions, best practices, and strategies and advice for troubleshooting.
• Guide to GC Column Selection and Optimizing Separations: Simplify GC column selection, optimization of GC separations, and troubleshooting.
• LC Column Physical Characteristics Chart: Compare Restek's HPLC and UHPLC columns by silica specifications, applications, chromatographic properties, similar phases, and USP codes.
• Routine LC Maintenance: Simple Steps to Preventing Unexpected Downtime: Explore areas of focus for routine LC maintenance and learn how to develop a targeted program that is effective for your lab.
• Diagnosing and Preventing High Back Pressure in LC Systems: Learn more about typical causes of high back pressure, troubleshooting, and routine maintenance parts and practices that can help you avoid unplanned instrument downtime.
• Restek LC Guard Column Selector: How to Find the Right Guard Fast: Understand how to choose an LC guard column correctly to protect your analytical column and save money by extending analytical column lifetime.
• Packed Column Information: Order the right packed column configuration to fit your instrument and add the correct fittings for proper installation.
• GC Column Cross-Reference: Columns by Phase: Use this phase cross-reference chart to match GC columns from other manufacturers or USP nomenclature to Restek columns.
• GCxGC Column Combination Guide: Find the perfect combination of Restek primary and secondary columns for your application to maximize the effectiveness of your GCxGC system.
• USP Phase and Support Cross-Reference Chart: Find the USP-equivalent Restek GC liquid phase or solid support you need.
• 1/5/Waxes Column Cross-Reference Tool: Conveniently compare a wide variety of stationary phases and column configurations to find the best column for your analyses.
• GC Nut/Ferrule Compatibility Table: Quickly determine which Restek nuts and ferrules you need to install a column in your GC.
• ASTM Product Guide: Easily identify the right GC columns and reference standards for SimDist, DHA, finished gasoline, and other common petroleum analyses.
• ASE Extraction System Parts Cross-Reference: Browse our most frequently requested ASE extraction parts with Dionex cross-references for fast and convenient selection.
• Handy Septum Size Chart: Pinpoint the septa size you need for maintaining your GC by instrument manufacturer and model.
• Product Guide for PFAS Analysis: A Methods-Based Reference to Lab Supplies for PFAS Testing: Use this methods-based guide to easily find the high-quality lab supplies you need to meet method requirements for accurately monitoring these ubiquitous contaminants.