New mass spectrometer for compound identification
The BenchTOF2 (photo) is a next-generation mass spectrometer for gas chromatography (GC) and two-dimensional GC (GC×GC). Through enhanced sensitivity, improved spectral quality, heightened selectivity and an extended dynamic range, the BenchTOF2 is said to maximize the amount of information extracted from every single sample, and removes the guesswork associated with compound identification. BenchTOF2 has detection limits of less than 20 femtograms (20 × 10–15g), improved match factors and isotope abundancies, mass accuracy of less than 50 parts per million (ppm) and advanced software, which includes isotope overlays, tools for automated filtering of chromatograms and a mass-to-formula calculator. — SepSolve Analytical Ltd., Peterborough, U.K.