When is a triple quadrupole not a triple quadrupole? by Ashley Sage | Nov 12, 2019 | Blogs, TechnologyAnswer: When it’s a QTRAP® In today’s modern and frenzied analytical laboratories, triple quadrupole mass spectrometers (MS) are the ‘workhorse,’ frontline instrument for carrying out quantitative assays from drug discovery to food safety. To get the best selectivity...
To Switch or Not to Switch? That is the Question. by Ashley Sage | Aug 23, 2019 | Blogs, Environmental / Industrial, Food / BeverageWhy Polarity Switching Matters The BasicsIn today’s busy analytical laboratories, productivity and high sample throughput are constant demands. More samples need to be analyzed in a shorter timeframe. Laboratories must work to use equipment at its maximum capacity,...
30 years of LC-MS/MS innovation continues by Ashley Sage | Aug 6, 2019 | Blogs, TechnologyIn 1989, the first commercial, dedicated Atmospheric Pressure Ionisation (API) tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry system was launched at the Pittsburgh Conference (PittCon) in Atlanta, Georgia (GA), USA. The API III, as it was called, was introduced to the analytical...