The gas chromatograph coupled with mass spectrometer GC-MS Q-TOF (Agilent Technologies 7890B GC System/7200 Accurate-Mass Q-TOF MS) is a complex equipment that allows the performance of high sensitivity qualitative and quantitative analyzes, having a wide dynamic range that allows the identification and quantification of compounds at the trace level.
The GC-MS Q-TOF system is composed of the following: gas chromatograph - Agilent 7890B with an operating panel that consists of the display, status lights, and keypad, vacuum system, Removable ion source (RIS) which allows quick change from EI to CI ion source, flight tube (TOF), mass filter quadrupole, collision cell and detector.
The high-resolution GC/Q-TOF enables accurate mass screening by GC/MS and enhanced compound identification through MS/MS, low-energy electron ionization, and complimentary chemical ionization techniques. The major advantage of Q-TOF technique is related to the possibility of obtaining a detection limit at very low values.
The major advantage of Q-TOF technique is related to the possibility of obtaining a detection limit at very low values.
There are three major steps involved with separating and identifying components of a mixture using a GC. They are:
Main performance characteristics of the instrument:
The equipment can be used for concentration determination of organochlorine and organophosphorus pesticides from different plants, fruits, drinking water or food. Through developed screening methods, compounds from various cosmetic extracts and essential oils can be separated and identified.
The system allows the analytical determination of isotopic ratios in a sample, a feature that helps establish the history of samples. NIST certified or NIST traceable standards with fixed isotopic distribution are used.
Among the potential applications of this type of spectrometry are the legal, food, pharmaceutical, allergen, biochemistry, metabolism and others. Main performance characteristics of the instrument: Conversion system for carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen Touch screen display with software that permits access and service and logging according to time deviations to pressure-tight tests by a single click; Reproducibility of the retention time (typical value) < 0,0008 min; Reproducibility of the peaks area (typical value) < 0,5% RSD;
ICP-MS means inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and is a modern analytical technique used to detect a wide range of metals and non-metals at very low concentrations. The method is based on combining inductively coupled plasma as ionization method with mass spectrometry for ion separation and detection.
In the mass spectrometer, the ions are separated, and elements are identified according to their mass to charge ratio, m/z, concentration of the targeted element being proportional to the number of ions. The proportionality factor is determined by measuring calibration solutions.
ICP-MS 8800 Triple Quad Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (Agilent Technologies) can be used with 3 types of sample introduction systems for specific applications:
The typical system has the following main components:
The LC-ICP-MS interface contains:
Laser ablation system model LSX-266, manufacturer CETAC provided with:
Common ICP-MS applications include:
For research and teaching purposes, ICP-MS has also been used in applications such as:
The Thermo Scientific Nicolet iS50 system is a FTIR spectrometer with integrated features for performing a wide range of experiments and applications. The iS50 spectrometer performs chemical analysis of various materials by collecting data is the mid-IR, far-IR and near-IR spectral domain, using a variety of accessories that can be installed and used both in the spectrometer compartment and externally attached.
Each accessory has unique configuration parameters (parameters that are configured through the OMNIC software). It has several modules such as ATR (total attenuated reflection), NIR-IR module with Integrating Sphere and Fiber Optic connections, Raman and ATR with heating, which have a specific blue button associated.
The ATR device can easily provide information about the imprint of a pure compound or a mixture of compounds, comparing the result with a previous one is often a quick and easy way to verify a sample. The signal to noise ratio >55000 peak to peak, measured at a 4 cm-1 resolution by background collecting for 80 seconds, sample for 60 seconds, in the region of 2200-2100 cm-1 with purge. The system is equipped with FT-RAMAN module, with built-in XYZ sample stage.-1 .-1.
In addition to the built-in ATR device, the system the system has a mountable ATR with diamond crystal which can be heated up to 300°C.
iS50 ATR module | |
Crystal | Diamond |
Spectral range | 80-5000 cm-1 |
Maximum pressure on the sample | 60 lbs |
Detector | DLaTGS |
iS50 NIR module | |
Interior of Integrating Sphere | Covered with gold |
Detector | InGaAs |
iS50 Raman module | |
Laser | 1064 nm diode |
Laser power | >450 mW |
Laser point size | 60 micron |
OMNIC software is used to collect, process and analyze spectral data. This software includes a database of 9000 compounds. The equipment is used for the analysis of different materials from research laboratories obtained from laboratory experiments, but also of materials / products obtained by collaborating with various institutions. The system is also used for the qualitative determination of food samples and the determination of food fats.
Main performance characteristics of the instrument:
Main performance characteristics of the instrument:
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is a powerful analytical technique that offers information regarding the mode in which atoms are bonded to one another in a molecule. Lately, amphetamine derivatives got popular due to the long lifetime interval from the discovery of a new compound to the moment in which that compound is made illegal and the slowness of current analytical methods.
The nuclear magnetic resonance technique in strong magnetic field is too expensive, but the one with low resolution permanent magnet can be a reasonable solution. A molecule has a specific print on the spectrum, any small modification to a functional group can be seen in the spectrum to prove that a molecule is an amphetamine derivative. Is valid in case of other derivatives of illegal substances that are introduced in various dietary supplements for their known effect, masked by the appearance of a plant extract mixture.
