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Mass spectrometer QTOF 6600+ and UHPLC

Mass spectrometer QTOF 6600+ and UHPLC
Mass spectrometer QTOF 6600+ and UHPLC
Brand: TRIPLETOFT6600+/Exion LC AD Pump, by SCIEX
Type: Equipment

High resolution hybrid mass spectrometer and quadrupole time-of-flight analyser TRIPLETOF 6600+ and UHPLC (QTOF6600+).

Description

QTOF 6600

  • High sensitivity (MS and MS/MS)
  • Acquisition speed of 100 Hz; High acquisition speed without compromising resolution of data to identify more compounds in the same sample
  • High resolution (≥35000 (FWHM) at 956 m/z
  • Mass accuracy (~ 1 ppm RMS)
  • Linear dynamic range (~4 orders RMS)
  • Hybrid triple quadrupole time-of-flight system. Specifications typical of fast, high resolution and sensitive equipment, without compromising any of the characteristics. High versatility in identification and quantification.
  • The system is composed by the following parts:
    • ionisation source: ESI/APCI
    • Interface between the ionisation source and analysers
    • quadrupole analysers
    • packing system and exclusive ion acceleration
  • TOF: High capacity, resolution and speed time-of-flight analyser
  • Detector: Wide range dynamic multi-canal TDC

 

  • Liquid chromatography system Exion LC AD
    • Constant flow and pressure (10-1300 bar)
    • High pressure gradient
    • Pressure measurement accuracy. Better than ±2% or 10 bar
    • Built-in sample refrigeration system between 4ºC and 40ºC.
    • Volume injection precision. RSD ≤ 0.25% ;
    • Volume injection precision. ±1%
    • Cross-contamination. Maximum of 0.0015%
    • Vacuum speed. From 0.1 to 5 μL /s (in increments of 0.1 μL /s)
    • Highest performance pressure, up to 1300 bar
    • Thermostat column oven from 4ºC to 150ºC

UHPLC

Key features of the mass spectrometer:

  • Exion LC™ AD High pressure pump:
    • Constant flow and pressure and high pressure gradient
    • Dual piston micro-volume pumps
    • High pressure gradient system
  • Exion LC degasser
  • High pressure automatic sampler
    • Direct injection method of variable volume. Without sample loss during injection.
    • Built-in sample refrigeration system between 4ºC and 40ºC.
    • Injection volume. From 0.1 to 50 μL. 0.1 to 0.9 μL in increments of 0.1 μL, 1 a
    • Sample capacity: 96 y 384 μL vials and plates
    • Volume injection precision. RSD ≤ 0.25%
    • Volume injection precision. ±1%
  • Column oven
  • Temperature control from 4ºC to 150º above room temperature
  • Solvent tray
Practical implementation

QTOF 6600

The equipment includes the following programmes:

  • PeakView: quick and efficient identification of compounds (own databases: pesticides, antibiotics-anthelmintics, organophosphates, nitrosamines, perfluorates, steroids...)
  • MultiQuant: to carry out procedures at triple quadrupole level.
  • Markerview: metabonomics for the analysis of main compounds and statistical study of results of compound and metabolite identification
  • MetabolitePilot: metabolite identification
  • LipidView: Lipids analysis

UHPLC

  • Compound separation for high resolution mass spectrometer detection (QTOF application).
Quality certifications

Bureau Veritas ISO9001 Certificate

From 10-1-2020 to 2023

Terms of use

Only the technical staff from the handling section will use the equipment.