The document describes the features and characteristics of the Agilent 500 Ion Trap LC/MS, including the Enhanced Charge Capacity (ECC)
This document provides a technical overview of the Agilent 500 Ion Trap LC/MS with Enhanced Charge Capacity (ECC). It explains how modifying the electrical multipole content of the trapping field allows the instrument to trap a significantly higher number of ions compared to competitive models. This enhancement is achieved through additional mechanically formed octapole and electrically generated hexapole components in the trapping field.
The Enhanced Charge Capacity allows the instrument to reliably detect trace amounts of analytes even when they are present in a high concentration of coeluting analytes within heavy matrices.
The Agilent 500 Ion Trap can tolerate a 100-fold increase in the ion time with little noticeable decrease in mass resolution.
The mass calibration compound Ultramark contains ions with mass-to-charge ratios up to 2200.