Shimadzu LCMS-8080 liquid chromatography mass spectrometer

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Shimadzu has launched a liquid chromatography mass spectrometer - the LCMS-8080 - which delivers good sensitivity, high-quality data and fast cycle times. An extension of its Ultra Fast Mass Spectrometry (UFMS) range, the model’s high-speed capabilities increase productivity by delivering accurate measurements.

Suitable for users requiring information-rich analyses, the product can be used across a range of applications, including food safety testing and drugs of abuse screening, as well as in clinical, environmental and ADME laboratories. The instrument delivers accurate data over long periods of use due to its simple and rapid method development.

The Coaxial Hot Gas Desolvation source helps deliver the device’s enhanced sensitivity as it focuses the ion plume and improves ionisation efficiency. This is further enhanced by Hot Source Induced Desolvation, which removes solvent noise, followed by high-performance pumping and a multiorthogonal inlet. The product’s sensitivity allows accurate quantitation of low-level analytes. The model provides good ruggedness when measuring target compounds in complex matrices.

Its compact footprint frees up the use of lab space, while its robust characteristics increase uptime by reducing instrument downtime. Shimadzu offers prepackaged methods to enable rapid installation of the product, meaning individual components can easily be re-used when new methods have been developed.

The company’s software provides a single platform for its LC, GC, LCMS and GCMS. The unified operation flow and new functionalities enable more efficient data processing. Analyses which use both GC-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS for the same sample, such as multitarget quantitative analysis in food safety testing, benefit from the unified graphical user interface of software, which reduces training needs across the laboratory and minimises the total cost of ownership.

The product is compatible with Nexera UHPLC, which offers high carryover specifications and a high pressure rating. The high-end instrument offers good stability and reliability in data acquisition, even when rapidly switching the ionisation polarity.