Principles of Operation
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The system is a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) system and it
includes the following components:
• A mass spectrometer with a Turbo V ion source that uses either the TurboIonSpray probe or
the Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization (APCI) probe, a roughing pump, and a source
of compressed air and nitrogen.
• SCIEX-supplied computer and monitor with Analyst software for instrument optimization,
acquisition method development, and data acquisition and processing.
This section includes information about the mass spectrometer. For an overview of the ion
source, refer to the document:
Turbo V Ion Source Operator Guide
.
For information on the computer and software, refer to the document:
Software Installation
Guide
for the software.
System Overview
The 3200 series of instruments includes the following components:
• A API 3200 or 3200 QTRAP mass spectrometer with a roughing pump and a source of
compressed air and nitrogen
• A Turbo V ion source that uses either the TurboIonSpray probe or the atmospheric pressure
chemical ionization (APCI) probe. Refer to the document:
Turbo V Ion Source Operator
Guide
.
• SCIEX-supplied computer and monitor with the Analyst software for instrument optimization,
acquisition method development, data acquisition, and processing. For computer
specifications and requirements, refer to the
Software Installation Guide
for the Analyst
software.
Principles of Operation
System User Guide
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