The Mass Spectrometry Analytical Facility comprises:

1: Thermo Scientific TSQ Quantum Access Max LCMS/MS & TLX1 Turboflow Chromatography System

More info on this new System Soon.

Installation: 17th August 2009

Location: Room S245

2: ThermoFinnigan PolarisQ Ion Trap MS/MS System

The POLARIS Q is an Ion Trap Mass Spectrometrer and features EI/CI using the removable Ion Volume's with positive and negative ion capability. The Ion source is now heatable to 300 Deg C. MS/MS with MSn (n=1 to5) up to 10 parent ions using up to 10 scan events/segment, and monitoring 3 product ions (or ranges) per parent ion. Mass range up to 1000amu.

The Trace GC is the GC of choice it is an excellent GC and the AS2000 Autosampler makes it an efficient routine analytical tool in our laboratory. We have also purchased the Direct Exposure Probe (DEP), this facilitates the analysis of pure samples without the need for chromatography.

The Xcalibur data acquisition and processing software on a Pentium 4 computer running Xcalibur 1.4 makes the system a powerful analytical tool, that hopefully will give researchers in our Faculty the edge in sample analysis.

Installation: June 2000

Location: Room S245

Gone But Not Forgotten

Finnigan 3200 GCMS
The Finnigan 3200 gave over 15 years of service to the Faculty of Pharmacy.
Installation: 1974
Gone: January 1995

Finnigan/MAT TSQ 46 GCMS/MS
The TSQ4600 gave over 15 years of service to the Faculty of Pharmacy
Installation: March 1985
Gone: December 1999

Shimadzu QP8000 Alpha LC/MS
Installed: June 2000 (On Loan)
Gone: October 2001

Finnigan/MAT TSQ 7000 LCMS/MS
The TSQ7000 gave 15 years of service to the Faculty of Pharmacy
Installation: April 1995
Gone: July 2009