Abstract:
A triple quadrupole mass spectrometer provided with: a calibration information storage section for storing mass calibration information showing the relationship between the mass-to-charge ratio and a calibration value, with a CID gas pressure as a parameter, for each measurement mode of an MS/MS analysis including a dissociating operation using a collision cell; and a controller for calibrating the mass-to-charge ratio of the ion to be detected by a detector, by reading, from the calibration information storage section, the mass calibration information corresponding to the measurement mode to be performed and a specified CID gas pressure and by driving each the front and rear quadrupoles and using that information.
Abstract:
Vacuum gauges are arranged in intermediate vacuum chamber and analytical chamber 10 in which collision cell is installed, and gas pressure determination unit determines whether or not the gas pressures detected by vacuum gauges are at or below a threshold value prior to analysis, and issues an alert if they are at or below the threshold value. If the supply of CID gas into collision cell stagnates, the quantity of CID gas flowing out into the analytical chamber will decrease, and the degree of vacuum in the analytical chamber will thus become too high. Furthermore, if the heated capillary becomes clogged, the quantity of gas flow into the intermediate vacuum chamber from the ionization chamber, which has an ambient pressure atmosphere, will decrease, and thus the degree of vacuum inside the intermediate vacuum chamber will become too high.
Abstract:
When setting analysis conditions, an analysis operator sets, on a dwell-time calculation/loop-time listing window, the target value of a loop time corresponding to the measurement-time interval to repeat an analysis for one ion, and clicks a dwell time calculation button. Then, a dwell time calculator computes the dwell time for each event, based on the target value of the loop time, the arrangement of events set at that point in time, the number of target ion species set in each event, and other conditional factors. The calculated result is displayed in a dwell time calculation result display field in a listing table. The largest and smallest values of the dwell time are displayed in the largest/smallest dwell time display field. The analysis operator checks this display and changes the target value of the loop time and/or the measurement time of the event so as to achieve an appropriate dwell time.