Work-horse Instrument

Mitchell Cancer Institute
Mass Spectrometry
Graduate Student

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Ease-of-Optimization

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Company:

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Product Name:

Thermo Orbitrap LTQ-XL

Catalog Number:

IQLAAEGAAPFADBMAOK

This instrument is capable of handling many different sample types from glycans, protein, lipids and small molecules. Our lab has 3 mass spectrometers and while this is not the newest one, it's definitely the one I prefer to use. The data is reproducible and robust. The user interface is a bit tricky but is teachable. Would highly recommend.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Tips

Only inject clean samples, calibrate often

DOI or PMID #

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Summary

The Good

User-friendly

The Bad

Takes a little time to learn

The Bottom Line

I really like this instrument and it's useful for many applications my research.

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