Chromatography / Mass spectrometry

Tool
LC-MS-MS apparatus

Applications
This unit can perform single stage or MS/MS analysis, elucidate the structures of both pure organic compounds and the components within mixtures and construct, piece by piece, the entire structure for a molecule.
The mass spectrometry unit can be applied in advanced analysis of a wide range of environmental organic micro-pollutants of bio-and anthropogenic origin. To be noticed that this unit is used in accredited methods according to ISO 17025 for the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and cyanobacterial toxins.

Technical Specifications
Thermo Finnigan (San Jose, USA) Liquid-Chromatography tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) instrument TSQ Quantum Discovery MAX triple quadruple mass spectrometer with three ionization sources: electrospray ionization (ESI), atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) and atmospheric pressure photo ionization (APPI), coupled to a Finnigan Surveyor LC system, equipped with a Surveyor AS autosampler (Thermo Electron Corporation, San Jose, PA, USA). Nitrogengenerator system is also connected with the mass spectrometer for continuously nitrogen supply.

Software: Xcalibur 2.0