New Easy-to-use LCQ Fleet Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer is Released

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., announces the launch of the Thermo Scientific LCQ Fleet(tm), the latest addition to the company's industry-leading portfolio of LCQ ion trap mass spectrometers. The LCQ Fleet LC-MS system provides cost-effective, rapid and confident sample analysis for routine analysis in the general analytical lab as well as toxicological screening, natural products characterization and peptide identification applications. This reliable and easy-to-use ion trap mass spectrometer, from the inventors of the technology, provides maximum information in minimum time with exceptionally low levels of sample consumption.

In clinical and forensic toxicology, LC-MS is increasingly being used for the detection and identification of xenobiotics in applications such as General Unknown Screening (GUS) and Systematic Toxicological Analysis (STA). Designed to perform with high sensitivity and specificity, the new LCQ Fleet is capable of producing more accurate results at lower detection levels with high throughput, especially when used in combination with the Accela high speed LC system. Intelligent Data Dependent(tm) acquisition of the LCQ Fleet enables rapid compound screening for maximum structural information.

When analyzing natural products, traditional approaches have proven to be particularly time-consuming. Featuring a fast cycle time and excellent MSn spectral quality, the LCQ Fleet enables rapid identification and characterization of known and unknown natural products without the need for a lengthy pre-purification process. Furthermore, the Ion Max(tm) source delivers outstanding robustness for the most demanding analytical applications. The high quality MSn data can be searched against the built-in or user-defined libraries embedded in the Mass Frontier(tm) software for compound identification and data reporting.