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QSight 420 Mass

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QSight 420 Mass — Inventory photo
Fig. 01QSight 420 MassInventory photo[1]

What it is

The Perkin Elmer QSight 420 Mass is a precision-optics-category mass spectrometry instrument. The QSight 420 LC/MS/MS system is a triple quadrupole instrument.[1][2]

How it works

The QSight 420 LC/MS/MS system uses a quadrupole mass analyzer. The instrument uses dual independent probes with electrospray ionization and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization. The instrument operates in positive and negative ionization modes.[2]

The QSight 420 LC/MS/MS system supports full scan, multiple reaction mode, selected ion monitoring, product ion scan, and neutral gain or loss scan acquisition modes.[2]

Where it fits in the process flow

The QSight 420 LC/MS/MS system includes a QSight LX-50 Binary Pump, a QSight LX-50 Autosampler, a QSight LX-50 Oven, and a Flexar PDA Plus Detector.[2]

Applications

The QSight 420 LC/MS/MS system is used for trace-level quantification of target compounds. The instrument is applied in agriculture and food analysis, environmental analysis, forensic and toxicology analysis, industrial analysis, and pharmaceutical analysis.[2]

The instrument supports an MRM library of more than eight hundred compounds. The library includes pesticides and environmental contaminants including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances such as PFOA and PFOS.[2]

What do the numbers mean?

Configuration & options5

Mass Analyzer
Quadrupole mass analyzer[2]
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Ion Source
Dual Source with ESI and APCI Independent Probes[2]
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Ion Polarity
Positive and Negative[2]
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Mass Range
10 to 1000 Da[2]
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Data Acquisition Modes
Full Scan, MRM, SIM, Product Ion Scan, Neutral gain/loss scan[2]
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Frequently asked questions

What type of mass analyzer does the QSight 420 LC/MS/MS system use?

The QSight 420 LC/MS/MS system uses a quadrupole mass analyzer.[2]

Which ionization methods are used on the QSight 420 LC/MS/MS system?

The QSight 420 LC/MS/MS system uses electrospray ionization and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization with independent probes.[2]

Which ionization polarities does the QSight 420 LC/MS/MS system support?

The QSight 420 LC/MS/MS system supports positive and negative ionization modes.[2]

What acquisition modes are supported by the QSight 420 LC/MS/MS system?

The QSight 420 LC/MS/MS system supports full scan, multiple reaction mode, selected ion monitoring, product ion scan, and neutral gain or loss scan acquisition modes.[2]

Not publicly documented

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  • No publicly documented production dates or lifecycle milestones (introduction, end of production, EOL) for the QSight 420 Mass are on record.

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  • No publicly documented variants, configuration options, or revision breakpoints of the QSight 420 Mass are on record.

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  • The control-system platform and OS era of the QSight 420 Mass are not on record.

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  • No publicly documented failure modes or field errata for the QSight 420 Mass are on record.

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  • The process node or technology generation of the QSight 420 Mass is not on record.

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  1. [1]Inventory photo
  2. [2]sssc.usask.ca — sssc.usask.casssc.usask.ca
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