Quadrupole mass spectrometers are perhaps the simplest of mass spec instruments. Functioning effectively like a radio, the quadrupole MS – so-named because of its four charged rods, which run parallel to the flight paths of the ions it measures – filter ions by mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) by altering the voltages in the rods. Quadrupole mass spectrometers are available in a variety of formats, including a single quadrupole mass spectrometer, a triple quadrupole MS (three quadrupoles arranged in tandem), and a Q-TOF (a triple quad variant in which the third quadrupole is replaced with a time-of-flight mass analyzer).
Quadrupole mass analyzers are often used for targeted, quantitative applications and can be used either to measure one or a few given ions in a mixture, or to scan across a range of m/z values. Depending on the configuration, they can facilitate both MS and MS/MS applications. For instance, in a triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer, you can select ions for analysis in the first quadrupole, fragment them by collision with a gas in the second quadrupole, and analyze the resulting fragmentation ions in the third quadrupole.
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Company | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Thermo Fisher Scientific |
Item | TSQ Quantis™ MD Mass Spectrometer | Thermo Scientific™ ISQ™ EC Single Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer | Thermo Scientific™ ISQ™ EM Single Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer | Thermo Scientific™ TSQ™ 9610 Triple Quadrupole GC-MS/MS System | TSQ Altis™ MD Mass Spectrometer |
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Ionization Method(s) | Inquire | API, HESI | Atmospheric pressure ionization (API) source with interchangeable HESI and APCI probes | Varies by model, AEI, EI, CI | Inquire |
Mass Analyzer | Triple quadrupole | Single quadrupole | Single quadrupole | Triple quadrupole | Triple quadrupole |
Scanning Speed | Inquire | Up to 20,000 Da/sec. | Up to 20,000 Da/sec. | Inquire | Inquire |
Mass Range | 5 to 3000 m/z | 10 to 1250 m/z | 10 to 2000 m/z with Unit Mass Resolution | Inquire | 5 to 3000 m/z |
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