Straight Through Liners
| The narrow straight through liner | | | |
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Advantages Great for FAST GC applications Great for gaseous samples. (e. g. Purge and Trap) Great for small injections 0.5µL or less | | Disadvantages Not suitable for >1uL injections Can give high and low boiling point discrimination Only suitable for split injections |  |
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| The straight through liner | | | |
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Advantages Cheap Good for gaseous samples. (eg. Purge and Trap) OK for split injections of non-active samples | | Disadvantages Allows the sample to contact the base seal. Not for small ID columns Can give high and low boiling point discrimination Not the best reproducibility |  |
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Because the volume of the 2 mm ID liner is 1/ 4 of the 4 mm ID liner, there is a loss of volatiles out the top of the inlet liner.
