Waters UPLC TQ-S with APGC System
Equipment overview
The Waters ACQUITY UPLC I-Class coupled with the Xevo TQ-S Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer equipped with Atmospheric Pressure Gas Chromatography (APGC) is a high-performance analytical platform delivering durable, reliable performance for routine laboratories performing automated screening, profiling, and quantification of volatile and semi-volatile compounds. Coupled with advanced ultra-performance liquid and gas chromatography options alongside tandem mass spectrometry, it provides robust separations and sensitive detection for confident identification and quantitation.
Major applications
The benchtop system is ideally suited for trace-level target analysis, environmental pesticide residue screening, food safety, petrochemical analysis, forensic toxicology, and complex matrix chemical research applications.
Specifications
- • Liquid / Gas Chromatography
- Waters ACQUITY UPLC I-Class System with Atmospheric Pressure Gas Chromatography (APGC) source interface
- • Mass Spectrometer
- Waters Xevo TQ-S Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
- • Ionization Modes
- Atmospheric Pressure Gas Chromatography (APGC) / Electron Ionization (EI) equivalent
- • Configuration
- Ultra Performance Liquid/Gas Chromatography–Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
- • Acquisition Modes
- Product Ion Scan, Precursor Ion Scan, Neutral Loss Scan, and Multiple Reaction Monitoring (MRM)
- • Mass Range
- m/z 2 to 2,040
- • Maximum Scan Speed
- Up to 30,000 u/sec (MS/MS mode dependent)
- • Mass Resolution
- Unit mass resolution (0.1 Da FWHM or better) to high resolution capability
- • Software
- MassLynx Data Analysis and Acquisition Software