Mass spectrometry instrumentation

Agilent 6890/5973 Semivolatiles

  • Gas Chromatograph Electron Impact Quadrupole mass analyzer system with nominal mass resolution
  • Scan range from 10-800 m/z with NIST database for EI spectra searching
  • Typically fitted with 5MS column
  • Optional Liquid injection Autosampler for 200 samples

Agilent 6890/5973 Semivolatiles


Agilent 6890/5973 Volatiles

  • Gas Chromatograph Electron Impact Quadrupole mass analyzer system with nominal mass resolution
  • Scan range from 10-800 m/z with NIST database for EI spectra searching
  • Typically fitted with Volatiles or Wax column
  • Optional Liquid injection Autosampler for 200 samples

Agilent 6890/5973 - Volatiles


Agilent 7700x ICP-MS

  • Metals analysis
  • Mid ppt to low ppb detection range
  • Option to detect in four different gas modes to gain optimum detection of multiple metals or interferences in a sample
  • Autosampler can hold 21, 50 mL falcon tubes and 180, 15 mL falcon tubes

Agilent 7700x ICP-MS


Agilent 8900x Triple Quadrupole ICP-MS

  • Tandem mass spectrometer for elemental analysis expanded to difficult elements
  • Collision reaction cell for resolving spectral interferences
  • Mid ppt to low ppb detection range
  • Autosampler can hold 21 50-mL falcon tubes and 180 15-mL falcon tubes

Agilent 8900x Triple Quadrupole ICP-MS


Bruker timsTOF Pro 2

  • Trapped ion mobility spectrometry for gas phase separation of ions with similar m/z ratio but different collisional cross-sections
  • Parallel Accumulation Serial Fragmentation allows the TIMS to separate and isolate ions before MS/MS analysis to give higher sensitivity MS2 data collection
  • UPLC and nano ESI TOF analysis up to 30,000 m/z (MS2 under 6,000 m/z)

Bruker timsTOF Pro 2


CEM MARS 6 Microwave Digestion System

  • Nitric acid digestion of up to 40 samples for ICP-MS analysis
  • Sample types for digestion: plants, vitamins, foods, a variety of environmental samples

CEM MARS 6 Microwave Digestion System


Metrohm 940 Professional IC Vario Two /SeS

  • Ion chromatograph with conductivity detector or optional ICP-MS detection
  • Trace analysis for anions and cations 
  • 148 sample autosampler for 500 µL to 500 mL

Metrohm 940 Professional IC Vario Two /SeS


Shimadzu 8040 LC-Triple Quadrupole MS with PDA and fluorescence detection

  • Nexera X2 LC-30AD UHPLC system with a binary solvent system
  • ESI triple quadrupole mass spectrometer
  • SPD-M30A diode array detector
  • RF-20A XS fluorescence detector
  • Quantitative analysis or structural elucidation of small molecules
  • Mid ppt to low ppb detection limits
  • Mass range: 50 to 2000 Da
  • Temperature-controlled autosampler holds 324, 2 mL RAM vials
  • Column oven
  • Acquired through Shimadzu Grant

Shimadzu 8040 LC-Triple Quadrupole MS with PDA and fluorescence detection


Thermo LTQ Orbitrap XL

  • LC with direct injection for routine walk-up HRMS analysis by ESI or APCI
  • Hybrid Orbitrap capable of DDA, DIA and HRMSn analysis for simultaneous MS/MS analysis of compounds up to 4,000 m/z

Thermo LTQ Orbitrap XL


Thermo Orbitrap Exploris

  • Vanquish Binary UPLC with ESI-Q-Orbitrap
  • Thermo CTC PAL Equan UPLC with Dual Gradient pump and switching valves to facilitate comprehensive 2D LC, LC x Land high throughput dual column overlapped injections
  • Easy-nanoLC 1200 for low sample loading and higher sensitivity in cell digests
  • Capable of HRMS and HRMSMS analysis with high speed and less than 2 ppm error over chromatographic time scales
  • Limited to mass range 50–3000 m/z up to 120,000 Resolution, top 4 DDA analysis and up 6 bin DIA

Thermo Orbitrap Exploris


Thermo Scientific Altis LC-Triple Quadrupole MS

  • UltiMate 3000 UHPLC System with a binary solvent system that allows four different mobile phases, but only two at a time
  • TSQ Altis ESI triple quadrupole mass spectrometer
  • Online concentration capabilities
  • Online concentration detection range in low ppt
  • Standard detection range mid ppt to low ppb
  • Mass range: 5 to 2000 Da
  • Temperature-controlled autosampler holds 162, 2 mL RAM vials and 30, 10 mL vials and column oven
  • Run by laboratory staff only and primarily used for large projects

Thermo Scientific Altis LC-Triple Quadrupole MS


Thermo Scientific LTQ XL Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer

  • UPLC ESI/APCI-MSn system with UV detector
  • Resolution can be selected for widths ~2 Da, 0.6 Da, 0.2 Da, 0.1 Da depending on scan rate
  • The autosampler can hold 96 samples

Thermo Scientific LTQ XL Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer


Thermo TSQ9610 GC-MS/MS

  • Gas Chromatograph Advanced Electron Impact triple Quadrupole mass analyzer system with nominal mass resolution
  • Scan range from 10 – 800 m/z with NIST database for EI spectra searching
  • Second-stage collision cell allows for enhanced selectivity in quantitative analysis
  • The RSH autosampler can automatically run headspace, in tube extraction, SPME or liquid injection from 300 x 2 mL or 90 x 10 mL – 20 mL vials

Thermo TSQ9610 GC-MS/MS