The Chemistry Department Mass Spectrometry Facility is equipped with six state-of-the-art instruments.
To read the most current updates on the status of the Mass Spec instruments, subscribe to the Mass Spec RSS News Feed using the link below:
Subscribe to Mass Spec News RSS Feed
Q-Tof Ultima API, Micromass UK Limited
Ionization: Electrospray ionization (ESI, ±ve), Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI, ±ve)
Mass range: m/z 50-32,000 (M.W. up to 100 KDa)
Resolution: 15,000 FWHM / < 10 PPM mass accuracy
Inlet system: Water 2695 separation module
Analytes: Organic and bio-organic molecules / Polar and non-polar compounds
Software: Masslynx 4.1
Q-Exactive, Thermo Scientific
Ionization: ESI Pos & Neg, APCI Pos & Neg and Atmospheric Pressure Photo ionization (APPI, Pos & Neg)
Mass range: m/z 50-6000 (M.wt up to 80KDa of protein/peptide)
Resolution: 140,000 FWHM @ m/z 200 / < 1 ppm error (Internal calibration) and < 3 ppm (External calib)
Inlet System: Dionex Ultimate 3000 (RSLC)
Analytes: Organic and Bio-organic compounds/Polar and Non polar compounds, Proteomic and Metabolomic samples.
Software: Xcaliber 2.1, Proteome Discoverer 1.3, Mass Frontier 7.0, MetWorks 1.3sp1, Seive 2.0 and Protein Deconvolution 3.0
LCMS-2020, Shimadzu Instrument
Ionization: Electrospray ionization (ESI, ±ve), Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI, ±ve)
Mass range: m/z 10-2000 (M.W. up to 40,000)
Inlet system: Shimadzu Ultra Fast Liquid Chromatography (UFLC)
Analytes: Organic and bio-organic molecules/Polar and non-polar compounds
Software: Labsolution
PDF: LCMS Quick Guide
GCT, Micromass UK Ltd
Ionization: Electron ionization (EI, ±ve)
Mass range: m/z 10-600
Resolution: 7000 FWHM / < 15 ppm Mass Accuracy
Analytes: Volatile organic or inorganic compounds/Non-polar compounds with manual probe
GCMS-QP2010S, Shimadzu Instrument
Ionization: Electron ionization (EI, +ve)
Mass range: m/z 10-900
Inlet system: Shimadzu Gas Chromatography (GC)
Analytes: Volatile organic or inorganic compounds/non-polar compounds
PDF: GCMS Quick Guide
MALDI, Voyager-DE PRO Instrument
Ionization: Desorption ionization (±ve)
Mass range: Up to 300KDa
Resolution: 2500 (linear mode), 10,000 (reflector mode) FWHM
Analytes: High molecular weight compounds (peptides, proteins, polymers etc) / Polar and non-polar compounds
PDF: MALDI Quick Guide