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Gold seal (agilent system)
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:44 am
by rick1112
Hi
Generally the purge pump in Agilent HPLC systems comes with a gold seal. May I know what is purpose of preparing this is of gold ??
Re: Gold seal (agilent system)
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:46 pm
by Consumer Products Guy
1. Gold is extremely resistant to almost everything.
2. Gold is soft, so seals well. These can oftentimes be re-used.
On autombiles, oftentimes drain plugs, banjo seals, etc., are sealed by copper washers for similar reason: inert, and compress to seal well.
Re: Gold seal (agilent system)
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 3:13 am
by rick1112
thanks
was just wonderment...In UPLC most of the ferrules are gold platted, are they for the same reason ??