Agilent 6850 GC

What you are buying

Most petrochemical, environmental, and food-safety methods call for the capillary GC separations the Agilent 6850 runs. Electronic pneumatic control meters the carrier gas to 0.001 psi; the heated inlet vaporizes the sample and carries it onto the column; the oven programs from 4 to 450°C; the detector measures each compound as it elutes. GenTech rebuilds, plumbs, and tests the inlets, detectors, and flow path. You receive a GC that arrives verified and ready to run your methods.

Every unit moves through the GenTech Certified process. Solution Scientists disassemble and inspect each module, replace all consumables and degraded wear components, then tune and calibrate the instrument and verify performance against OEM and published benchmarks using known reference chemicals. The instrument ships with its verification report. A certified-refurbished system gives you that performance without the capital cost or the lead time of a new purchase.

What Agilent says about this platform

Agilent built the 6850 on the same inlets and detectors as the 6890N. It runs the same method parameters and delivers comparable retention time and quantitation repeatability. The oven range runs 5°C above ambient to 350°C, with ramps to 75°C per minute; a small oven with less thermal mass reaches temperature without a higher-voltage power source. A six-button, two-line interface handles run control, status, and up to five stored methods locally. The system carries a built-in LAN connection for network control. A top-opening lid gives direct access to the column connections at the inlet and detector, which Agilent designed for quicker column changes than a standard GC. Agilent fits the 6850 into half the footprint of a conventional dual-channel GC. Two units occupy the space one larger GC would need. Early maintenance feedback flags service before it costs uptime.

What each component does

Inlet

A single split/splitless inlet vaporizes the sample and delivers it to the column, with electronic pneumatic control for repeatable flow.

Column oven

Programs from ambient-plus to 350°C with fast ramping in a compact, fast-cooling oven built for high sample throughput.

Electronic pneumatic control

Meters carrier and detector gases precisely, which holds retention times steady run to run.

Detectors

A single detector matched to the method: FID for organics, TCD for fixed gases, micro-ECD for halogens, NPD, or FPD.

Technical detail

*OEM specifications for brand new instrument.

Labs that run this system

The 6850 is method-compatible across the techniques most regulated and research labs run every day. These are the application areas buyers ask about most.