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Our experienced technicians will quickly restore your pump to top performance – regardless of its age. We offer comprehensive on-site support for vacuum components and systems, troubleshooting, maintenance, and repairs.
Target Analysis IQ/OQ/PQ procedures strictly follow good laboratory practices (GLP), which require that all laboratory instrumentation be inspected, cleaned, and maintained. We provide an independent and comprehensive testing service for Mass Spectrometry & Chromatography instruments to help you meet your regulatory and operational requirements and standards.
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First and only GC-HRMS with simultaneous EI and CI
Absolute confidence for the identification of unknowns with less time and effort in suspect and non-target GC/MS.
The Bruker ecTOF™ is a groundbreaking time-of-flight mass spectrometer designed for high-resolution gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-HRMS). It stands out by offering simultaneous acquisition of Electron Ionization (EI) and Chemical Ionization (CI) data in a single GC run. This dual ionization capability provides unparalleled molecular and structural information, making it a powerful tool for confidently identifying unknown compounds and reducing false positives in complex samples.
Dual ionization GC-HRMS with simultaneous EI and CI
Unsurpassed level of confidence for the identification of unknowns and reduction of false positives
Simple, easy-to-use: no hardware changes, no subsequent cumbersome data alignment and no need for multiple runs with either EI or CI and mechanical switching of the ion sources
Perfect and straight alignment of EI and CI peaks for the same compound in a single GC run. Complex data alignment procedures are no longer necessary.
High sample throughput for (statistical) non-target studies
Broad CI reagent selectivity (N2H+, H3O+, H(H2O)n+ and NH4+) with automated reactant switching to maxime the ionization flexibility for the widest range of compounds and plasma based “zero maintenance” CI source highly avoids signal intensity losses and source contamination (no electrode or filament wear and tear)
No issues with downtime due to mechanical work, instrument damage or maintenance
Green Chemistry: less consumables (solvents, carrier gases, columns etc), reduced power consumption, H2 carrier gas compatibility
GC-HRMS
Dual ionization GC-HRMS with simultaneous EI and CI
All in a single run
Both NIST-searchable fragment data (EI) and molecular ion information (CI) perfectly aligned in one chromatographic run
Speed up
Acceleration of analysis and post-processing time plus optimized instrument uptime
Get it right
Reduction of potential candidate numbers and false positives by highly confident compound identification
Important Features to Consider
Unmatched Combination of EI and CI Performance
The ecTOF is the world’s first GC-HRMS with simultaneous acquisition of EI (Electron Ionization) and CI (Chemical Ionization) accurate spectral information in a single GC run.
While maintaining EI as the gold-standard GC/MS ionization method, the ecTOF operates within the same GC run CI as a second ionization source providing additional molecular ion information.
The novel CI sources is based on a helical resonator plasma (HRP) and offers optimized control of the analyte ionization processes, a high sensitivity as well as long maintenance cycles. Four different CI reactants can be used without hardware changes for optimizing the ionization process for a wide range of compound classes.
The high resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOFMS) offers full mass spectral information at high resolution, accuracy and speed. This makes the ecTOF the ideal instrumental setup for compound identification based on GC/MS.
Simplify & enhance high certainty compound identification
First & only GC-HRMS using simultaneous EI and CI for efficient generation of NIST compatible fragment and molecular ion information Novel, low maintenance medium pressure HRP CI source Four CI reactants included via permeation tubes (N2H+, H3O+, H(H2O)n+, NH4+) with automated reactant switching Seamless data post-processing of perfectly aligned EI and CI data
Benefits
Removing Current Barriers for GC/MS based Unknown Identification
Conventional GC/MS setups using EI fragment data alone suffer from ambiguous identification of unknowns in NIST library searches due to low fragmentation-specificity, missing molecular ion signals or even compound absence in reference libraries.
To increase compound identification certainty the addition of molecular ion information is required. In common instruments, mechanical ion source switching and additional GC runs with instrument performance risks, complicated data alignment and time loss are needed. The integrated CI source of the ecTOF adds the indispensable value of the accurate molecular mass and elemental composition determination in the very same GC run to the EI fragment data. This boosts unknown compound identification yields and certainties.
All the confidence and speed you need: The ecTOF is a true game changer in GC-based non-target analysis.
Unsurpassed level of confidence for the identification of unknowns and reduction of false positives
Simple, easy-to-use: no hardware changes, no subsequent cumbersome data alignment and no need for multiple runs with either EI or CI and mechanical switching of the ion sources
Perfect and straight alignment of EI and CI peaks for the same compound in a single GC run. Complex data alignment procedures are no longer necessary.
High sample throughput for (statistical) non-target studies
Broad CI reagent selectivity (N2H+, H3O+, H(H2O)n+ and NH4+) with automated reactant switching to maxime the ionization flexibility for the widest range of compounds and plasma based “zero maintenance” CI source highly avoids signal intensity losses and source contamination (no electrode or filament wear and tear)
No issues with downtime due to mechanical work, instrument damage or maintenance
Green Chemistry: less consumables (solvents, carrier gases, columns etc), reduced power consumption, H2 carrier gas compatibility
Applications
Multidimensional analysis for target, non-target and suspect applications
The ecTOF covers a crucial role for suspect and non-target GC/MS analysis of volatile and semi-volatile compounds. It greatly improves the identification confidence of unknown compounds, especially in complex samples and when no standards are available. Consequently, the ecTOF is used in a broad range of application areas:
Environmental monitoring & research: wastewater and soil analysis, PFAS, air monitoring, textile emissions
