Waters Acquity Xevo TQ Massa Spectrometer System

The Waters Xevo TQ Mass Spectrometer is an advanced, bench top, tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer designed for ultra high performance LC/MS/MS applications. Unlike conventional tandem quadrupole mass spectrometers, the Xevo TQ MS utilizes unique T-Wave and ScanWave enabled collision cell technology to provide a highly flexible analytical tool capable of supporting both quantitative and qualitative studies on a single MS platform. The Xevo TQ MS is a robust platform for quantititive LC/MS/MS, featuring high speed MRM (Multiple Reaction Monitoring), with enhanced full scan spectral acquisition modes providing additional qualitative LC/MS/MS capibilities.

The system incoporates IntelliStart Technology, for automated system optimization and status monitoring, ensuring that the highest quality data is routinely available to all levels of operator.

Acquisition modes:

Full scan MS

Product ion scan (ScanWave enhanced)

Precursor ion scan

Constant neutral loss

Selected ion recording (SIR)

Multiple reaction monitoring (MRM)

Survey scan modes:

Full scan MS triggered product ion scan

Precursor ion scan triggered product ion scan

Constant neutral loss triggered product ion scan

Quan Qual mode:

MRM triggered ScanWave enhanced product ion spectral acquisition

Mass range:

2 to 2048 m/z

Scan speed:

Up to 10000 Da/s

Examples of achievable acquisition rates:

10 scans per second (100 to 1000 m/z)

20 scans per second (50 to 500 m/z)

Mass stability: 

Mass drift is less than 0.1 amu over a 24 h period

Linearity of response: 

The linearity of response relative to sample concentration, for a specified compound, is five orders of magnitude from limit detection