Leco Pegasus II GC-TOF Mass Spectrometer

This fast GC-MS is one of the workhorses of the lab. It is capable of running fast GC because the Time-Of-Flight mass spectrometer can sample up to 500 spectra a second and modern deconvolution methods allow it to find clean mass spectra in complex, not to mention crowded, chromatograms. It also has a very high sensitivity and good mass accuracy. This instrument will be fitted with a CDS Analytical pyroprobe-2000 controller and a CDS-A2500 autosampler and tray capable of pyrolyzing organic matter and transferring the volatile products to the Leco GC/MS.

Applications:

• Pyrolysis of macromolecular organic matter leading to breakdown into smaller molecules representative of the parent material
• Semi-quantitative evaluation of the nature of organic macromolecules within the sample material