Agilent 6530 Accurate Q-TOF LC-MS

A Q-TOF LC-MS system performs sensitive, high-resolution separation and identification of chemical compounds by coupling a liquid chromatograph (LC) with a quadrupole-time-of-flight (Q-TOF) mass spectrometer. It uses a quadrupole mass analyzer for compound fragmentation and a time-of-flight analyzer for accurate mass measurements, enabling detailed analysis of complex samples in fields like food safety, environmental monitoring, and biomedical research. This "hybrid" technique provides accurate mass data for identifying unknown substances, making it valuable for non-targeted analysis and detecting trace levels of contaminants or other analytes.