LTQ Orbitrap XL Hardware Manual

Functional Description
General Description
General Description
LTQ Orbitrap XL is a hybrid mass spectrometer incorporating the
LTQ XL linear trap and the Orbitrap. Figure 1-1 shows a front view
of the instrument.
LTQ XL Linear Ion Trap
Figure 1-1. LTQ Orbitrap XL front view
Figure 1-2 on page 1-3 shows the schematic view of the
LTQ Orbitrap XL. The LTQ Orbitrap XL consists of four main
components, which are described in the following topics:
• A linear ion trap (Thermo Scientific LTQ XL) for sample ionization,
selection, fragmentation, and AGC.
• An intermediate storage device (curved linear trap) that is required
for short pulse injection.
• An Orbitrap analyzer for Fourier transformation based analysis.
• A collision cell for performing higher energy CID experiments.
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