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AGILENT ULTIVO
QQQ LC/MS

TRIPLE-QUADRUPOLE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY – TANDEM MS

Targeted organic quantitation — regulated panels locked down to nanograms per litre.

24–48HRTURNAROUND
~15MINCYCLE TIME
~90SAMPLES / DAY
NG/LDETECTION
01

WHAT IT READS

MRM PANELS · ISO-DILUTION
200+

PESTICIDES

Multi-residue MRM screen — produce, soil, runoff

NG/L LOD
GLY

HERBICIDES

Glyphosate + analogues — ag matrices & water

NG/L LOD
PFAS

FOREVER CHEMICALS

PFOA · PFOS · GenX — water & consumer goods

NG/L LOD
MYC

MYCOTOXINS

Aflatoxins · DON · zearalenone — feed & grain

µG/KG LOD
API

PHARMA ACTIVES

Supplement assay + adulterant screen — cGMP lots

ASSAY ±2%
VIT

VITAMINS & ADDITIVES

Fortification quantitation — nutraceuticals

PANEL QUANT
02

THE PROCESS

SEPARATE → FILTER → QUANT
STEP 01

UHPLC SEPARATION

The 1260 Infinity II binary pump drives C18 reversed-phase gradients up to 1,200 bar — compounds resolved by retention time before the MS ever sees them.

STEP 02

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION

The ESI source nebulizes eluent under heated N₂ flow — molecules are charged intact, positive and negative modes.

STEP 03

TRIPLE-QUAD MRM

Q1 selects the parent ion → the q2 collision cell fragments it → Q3 passes a signature daughter ion. Two transitions per analyte — near-zero false positives.

STEP 04

QUANT & REPORT

Peak areas ratio against certified reference standards and isotope-labelled internals — the number is generated, validated and reported.

TWO-TRANSITION MRM ISOTOPE-DILUTION QUANT NG/L LODs CERTIFIED STANDARDS
03

THE UNIT

LC STACK · QQQ DETECTOR
Liquid chromatograph stack coupled to a quadrupole mass spectrometer in an analytical laboratory
LC-MS — REPRESENTATIVE CLASS UNIT

PHOTO: LC-QTOF BENCH — REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ULTIVO QQQ CLASS.

RESULTS IN 24 HOURS OR LESS

NG/L CERTAINTY · CERTIFIED STANDARDS

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