Applied Biosystems and its partner MDS Analytical Technologies have introduced the AB Sciex Triple Quad 5500 and the AB Sciex Qtrap 5500 Systems.
These mass spectrometry systems increase sensitivity and speed in qualitative analysis and drive high quantitative accuracy to low levels of detection for mass spectrometry systems.
They have a 44 per cent smaller footprint than previous systems.
The AB Sciex Triple Quad 5500 System is a triple quadrupole system.
Applied Biosystems claims it delivers the most accurate quantitative results at the industry's fastest scan speeds to identify the greatest number of target analytes at the lowest concentrations in complex samples.
This speed and sensitivity enables a greater amount of data to be acquired from an experiment, which leads to greater quantitative accuracy.
This is critical in high-throughput applications that require samples to be screened for large numbers of target analytes, such as contaminant analyses in food or drinking water.
The system contains a pulse-counting detector known as Acqurate, which effectively detects ions to increase quantitative accuracy and precision.
This enables a five-fold increase in sensitivity compared with competitive triple quadrupole instruments.
It incorporates EQ Electronics and the Qurved Linac Collision Cell, which generate shorter pause and dwell times, enabling high duty cycles.
This enables faster analysis and allows scientists to measure a greater number of compounds in a single pass.
The AB Sciex Qtrap 5500 System mass spectrometer integrates all the features of the AB Sciex Triple Quad 5500 System with the Linear Accelerator Trap for quantitative and qualitative analysis.
The AB Sciex Qtrap 5500 System allows scientists to identify and confirm results in a single analysis without sacrificing performance.
In qualitative mode, the system can provide up to 100 times more sensitivity.
The EQ Electronics and the Linear Accelerator Trap deliver ultra-fast scanning and high capacity.
The Qtrap 5500 System incorporates Tripletrap Scanning, which allows scientists to move from sensitive and specific triple quadrupole scan modes to sensitive full-scan ion trap mode in less than one millisecond.
