Introducing the New LTQ XL™ Linear Ion Trap

The LTQ XL extends the MSⁿ performance of the LTQ linear ion trap with powerful new tools to generate extensive structural information for the most demanding proteomics and metabolism applications. 

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• Multiple dissociation techniques (PQD, ETD, CID)
• Extensive coverage for predicted and unpredicted metabolites
• Fast polarity switching for high-sensitivity analysis of unknowns
• Intelligent Data Dependent^TM acquisition
• Platform for high resolution, accurate mass hybrids

Whether you analytical challenge is metabolic profiling, mining for metabolites or biomarker discovery, the LTQ XL’s exceptional suite of innovative techniques and software makes it the instrument of choice.  More fragments …more spectral trees…more confidence. 

New techniques for generating more structural information include:

• Pulsed Q Collision Induced Dissociation (PQD)
• Electron Transfer Dissociation (ETD) Option
• High Resolution Isolation
• Ultra-fast Polarity Switching
• MS15 

In combination with new software packages, the LTQ XL delivers complete solutions for your structural elucidation questions

• MetWorks^TM - Automated Metabolite Identification
• Mass Frontier^TM 5 - Structure Elucidation
• BioWorks^TM 3.3 - Protein Identification
• SIEVE^TM - Automated Label-Free Differential Expression
• ProSight^TM PC - Top-Down Protein ID

The LTQ XL hybrid family of products delivers the ultimate unambiguous identification

• LTQ FT Ultra
• LTQ Orbitrap