Shimadzu has introduced the new GCMS-TQ8030 triple quadrupole gas chromatograph mass spectrometer which offers a solution for today’s challenges along with the speed, accuracy and ease-of-operation scientists demand.
Shimadzu has introduced the new GCMS-TQ8030 triple quadrupole gas chromatograph mass spectrometer which offers a solution for today’s challenges along with the speed, accuracy and ease-of-operation scientists demand.
With Shimadzu’s high-efficiency, proprietary ion source the system achieves the highest sensitivity specification in its class for multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) measurements by GC/MS/MS, as well as for scan and SIM measurements by GC/MS.
The GCMS-TQ8030 features Shimadzu’s UFsweeper® technology which minimizes col-lision cell length while providing high-CID efficiency and high ion transport speed. UF-sweeper® accelerates ions out of the collision cell without any drop in signal intensity or cross talk, even at ultra-fast measurement speeds.
The system comes equipped with Advanced Scanning Speed Protocol (ASSP™), a pat-ented Shimadzu technology that optimizes ion transmission parameters at fast scan speeds. The Ecology mode reduces power consumption by 26 percent and carbon diox-ide emissions by approx. 1.1 tons, and decreases the consumption of carrier gas.
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