Instruments


Thermofisher LTQ Orbitrap XL
Finnigan MAT 900 XLT
Finnigan MAT 95 XP
Applied Biosystems Voyager-DE-STR
Micromass Quattro II
Waters Micromass ZQ4000
Thermofisher DSQ-II
Agilent 5975 GCMS

Thermofisher Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer

Thermofisher LTQ Orbitrap XL

High resolution instrument
giving accurate mass measurement over the full mass range in electropray

Resolution: up to 100,000 (FWHM)
Mass Range: m/z 50–2000 or m/z 200–4000
Mass Accuracy: <3 ppm RMS with external calibration; <2 ppm RMS with internal calibration.

Commercial supplier: Thermofisher Scientific

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Coupled to an Advion TriVersa NanoMate

hip-based electrospray infusion system

Commercial supplier: Advion

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Finnigan MAT 900 XLT

high resolution double focussing (EB) mass spectrometer with tandem Ion Trap;

EI, CI, LSIMS, ESI and APcI capability;
mass range ca. m/z 15,000 (m/z 5000 at full accelerating voltage);
maximum resolution 60 000.

Commercial supplier: Finnigan MAT
(subsidiary of Thermofisher Scientific)

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Thermofisher MAT95 mass spectrometer

Finnigan MAT 95 XP

high resolution double focussing (BE) mass spectrometer;
EI, CI, LSIMS, ESI and APcI capability;
mass range m/z 3500 at full accelerating voltage;
maximum resolution 60 000.

Commercial supplier: Finnigan MAT
(subsidiary of ThermoFisher Scientific)

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Applied Biosystems Voyager-DE-STR mass spectrometer

 

Voyager-DE-STR

MALDI-TOF with Linear and Reflectron analysers

"20,000" mass resolution;
Nitrogen laser

Commercial supplier: Applied Biosystems

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Micromass Quattro-II mass spectrometer

 

Micromass Quattro II

low resolution triple quadrupole mass spectrometer

EI, CI, ESI and APcI capability;
mass range m/z 4000 (750 preferred for EI / CI);
maximum resolution 3000;

Coupled to an HP1050 HPLC system for APcI/ESI.

Commercial supplier: Micromass
(subsidiary of Waters Ltd)

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Waters ZQ4000 mass spectrometer

 

Waters ZQ4000

low resolution single quadrupole mass spectrometer

ESI and APcI capability;
mass range m/z 4000;
unit mass resolution;

Coupled to an HP1100 HPLC system

Commercial supplier: Waters

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DSQ GCMS

Thermofisher DSQ-II

low resolution GC/MS instrument installed in 2008;

EI, CI+, CI- capability;
mass range m/z 1050.

Coupled to a Trace GC Ultra gas chromatograph with Tri-plus auto-sampler.

Commercial supplier: Thermofisher


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Agilent_5975C_GCMS

 

Agilent 5975C Inert XL GC/MSD

low resolution GC/MS instrument installed in 2008;

EI, CI+, CI- capability;
mass range m/z 1050.

Coupled to an Agilent 7890A gas chromatograph with Gerstel MPS 2XL-Twister dual rail auto-prep station and range of inlet options.

Commercial supplier: Anatune


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