Day 1: CIC Fundamentals & Flow Path
- System Overview
- CIC configurations and applications, key hardware components and their functions, understanding the combustion and IC subsystems, how samples travel through the complete flow path
- Flow Path Deep Dive
- Sample introduction, combustion process, gas and liquid flow paths, absorber and transfer components, IC separation and detection
- Factors Influencing Performance
- Recovery and reporting limits, contamination sources, sample matrix effects, method performance considerations
- Practical Workshop
- Trace the complete CIC flow path, identify critical system components, review common hardware configurations, operation and startup procedures
Day 2: Software, Operation & Data Review
- MaglC Net Fundamentals
- System overview and navigation, instruments and devices, methods and parameters, batch processing
- Routine Operation
- Startup and shutdown procedures, calibration and verification, running samples and standards, monitoring system performance
- Data Evaluation
- Understanding chromatograms, calibration review, reprocessing data, reviewing reports and results
- Practical Workshop
- Method optimization, prepare sample sequences, run standards and samples, review and reprocess data, generate reports
Day 3: Maintenance & Troubleshooting
- Preventative Maintenance
- Routine maintenance schedules, consumables and replacement intervals, cleaning procedures, performance verification checks
- Troubleshooting Fundamentals
- Developing a systematic troubleshooting approach, using system diagnostics and software indicators, identifying root causes versus symptoms
- Common CIC Issues
- Low recovery, contamination and carryover, peak shape issues, high background conductivity, high pressure, leaks and flow issues, combustion-related errors
- Practical Workshop
- Guided troubleshooting exercises, maintenance demonstrations, open Q&A and course review