Thermo Fisher Scientific will debut the Exactive, a benchtop liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) system, at Pittcon 2009, to be held 9-12 March in Chicago.
The Exactive system uses Thermo Fisher's Orbitrap mass-analyser technology, the recognised standard for accurate mass and high-resolution measurement, to provide precise and reliable information.
The Exactive LC-MS improves laboratory efficiency and throughput by streamlining many of the technical steps that normally require specialised set-up and operation.
An intuitive software interface makes the system easy to use in expert and walk-up mode, while ensuring precise mass identification of target compounds over a wide concentration range.
Exactive offers resolutions of up to 100,000.
Exactive is the ideal LC-MS system for accurate, high-throughput screening and compound identification.
The Exactive system's Pathfinder software provides the right workflow for the right analysis, enabling experienced users to tune and optimise the system, develop methods and perform a range of experiments.
New users and non-mass spectrometrists can easily follow developed methods for fast analytical answers.
If necessary, both levels of users can jointly use Pathfinder's data-review capabilities to dig deeper into the wealth of data that the Thermo Scientific Exactive system provides.
Lester Taylor, marketing director of mass spectrometry at Thermo Fisher Scientific, said: 'Co-eluting compounds in complex matrices can be screened and confirmed in a single experiment simply by re-analysing data at a higher resolution.
'For screening isobaric compounds that differ by only a few milli-mass units, such as pesticides, this accurate mass capability will be of enormous value.'
