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PACKED/MICROPACKED COLUMNS

Packed Columns Overview

Put the power of Restek® packed columns to work for you.

• SilcoSmooth® tubing provides the inertness of glass and the durability of stainless steel, so you get accurate results for a wide range

of active compounds.

• Stable bonded stationary phases mean short conditioning times, low bleed, and long column lifetimes.

• Excellent retention time reproducibility delivers reliable, consistent results.

Packed columns offer large sample capacity and often can retain and separate compounds that cannot be analyzed by other tech-

niques. While these advantages have resulted in their use in a wide range of GC applications, traditional packed columns are limited

by unstable phases that break down easily, producing high column bleed and short column lifetimes. In addition, the tubing used

for packed columns can present challenges; columns packed in glass tubing are inflexible and break easily, whereas columns made

with metal tubing typically are not inert, meaning active compounds cannot be analyzed accurately as they react with metal tubing.

Restek® packed columns overcome these problems and are preferred over conventional packed columns, because they are excep-

tionally rugged and inert. You can generate accurate data quickly and reliably with less downtime for column changes with Restek®

packed columns since they combine high-quality SilcoSmooth® tubing with stable bonded phase technology. SilcoSmooth® tubing

is rugged, ultra-smooth seamless 304 stainless steel tubing that is deactivated with an innovative Siltek® treatment. This process

results in packed columns that have both the inertness of glass and the strength and flexibility of stainless steel. In addition, our

bonded phase technology features a coated support that is extremely stable and results in longer column lifetimes, lower bleed, and

excellent reproducibility.

Put the power of Restek® packed columns to work in your lab today. We offer a broad range of common phases, as well as

application-specific products developed for light hydrocarbon analysis, sulfurs, permanent gases, and ASTM Method D3606.

• Know which Restek® packed column you need? Find it on the following pages and order by web, phone, or fax today.

• Looking for an application-specific column? See what we recommend for your work on the following page.

• Need a custom column? Complete our custom product form on

and we will send you a quote within two

business days!

Bonded phase packings

decrease conditioning times

and bleed, and increase .

column lifetime.

Silcosmooth® tubing has a Siltek®-treated

surface, which is more inert than glass.

The most complete

line of packing

materials available.

Columns available in .

0.53, 0.75, 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, .

3.2, & 5.3 mm ID.

Columns can be configured

for all GC models.

Who says packed columns are old technology? Not Restek!

By combining flexible SilcoSmooth® tubing with low-bleed bonded phases, we have made .

the most significant improvements in packed column technology in more than 25 years!