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Agilent Triple Quadrupole LC/MS System

User Guide

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In This Guide

This guide provides information on the Ultivo, 6475A, and 6495D LC/TQ systems

running MassHunter Data Acquisition 12.1 or higher.

Additional Resources

User Documentation

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Content

Technical Support 4

1Introduction 12

Sustainability Information 13

Packaging End-of-Life 13

Product End-of-Life 13

Agilent Regulatory Compliance Statement 14

CE Compliance 14

UK Compliance 15

Electromagnetic Compatibility 16

EMC Declaration for South Korea 17

Detachable Power Cord Declaration for Japan 17

Sound Emission Certification for Federal Republic of Germany 17

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive 18

2 Hardware Overview 20

Ultivo Triple Quadrupole LC/MS 21

Front view 21

Rear view 22

Calibrant Delivery System 23

6475A Triple Quadrupole LC/MS 24

Front view 24

Side view 25

Calibrant Delivery System 26

6495D Triple Quadrupole LC/MS 27

Front view 27

Side view 28

Calibrant Delivery System 29

Magnets 30

Content

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Instrument Status Indicator Lights 33

Instrument Status Indicators in Acquisition 34

Ion Sources 35

Electrospray Ionization (ESI) source 35

Agilent Jet Stream (AJS ESI) source 36

Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization (APCI) source 37

Multimode Ionization (MMI) source 38

Nanospray ESI source 39

3Tuning 40

About Tuning 41

Autotune and checktune 42

Starting the Instrument 43

Calibrating the LC/TQ (Checktune) 44

6475A and Ultivo 44

6495D 45

Configure Tune - (6495D only) 46

Calibrating the LC/TQ (Autotune) 48

6475A and Ultivo 48

6495D 49

Generating a Detailed Tune Report 50

6495D 51

Scheduling a Checktune 52

Scheduling an Autotune 54

Advanced Tune - 6495D 56

Diagnostic Tune - 6495D only 57

Content

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4 Basic Operation 58

Overview 60

Starting Up and Shutting Down the Instrument 61

Starting in Standby mode 61

Turning off the instrument 61

Starting the Mass Hunter Data Acquisition Software 63

MassHunter Data Acquisition windows 64

Instrument Status window 65

Actuals window 65

Chromatogram Plot window 66

Spectrum window 67

Method Editor window 67

Sample Run window 68

Worklist window 68

Method Optimizer window 69

dMRM Method Split window 69

Preparing the LC Modules 70

Switch LC stream to Waste 70

Preparing the Triple Quad LC/MS 74

Performing a checktune or autotune 74

Switching LC stream to MS 74

Monitoring MS baseline and spectral displays 74

Viewing the System Activity Log for events and errors 75

Content

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Setting Up an Acquisition Method 76

Setting Up and Running a Single Sample 80

Setting Up and Running a Worklist 81

Reviewing Results with Qualitative Analysis 85

Analyzing Data with Quantitative Analysis 86

5 Maintenance 88

Maintenance Overview 90

Routine Tasks 91

Cleaning the spray chamber - daily 91

Checking and filling the calibrant bottle - weekly 92

Cleaning the spray chamber - weekly 93

Flushing the nebulizer - weekly 96

Periodic Tasks 98

Checking the rough pump oil level 98

Draining and replacing the MS40+ pump oil and replacing the filter 99

Draining and replacing the MS120+ pump oil 101

Replacing the MS120+ pump filter 103

Replace Oil Mist/Exhaust Filter - MS120+ 104

Replacing the nitrogen gas filters 105

General Maintenance Tasks 107

Installing or removing the nebulizer 107

Inspecting the nebulizer 109

Adjusting or replacing the nebulizer needle 111

Installing the capillary 113

Removing the capillary (system with a VacShield) 115

Cleaning the capillary 116

Cleaning a clogged capillary 118

Flushing the Calibrant Delivery System 119

Replacing the electron multiplier horn (Ultivo only) 121

Replacing the MS selection valve rotor seal (Ultivo only) 122

Cleaning the corona needle 123

Content

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Replacing the corona needle 124

Disinfection 125

Source Maintenance 126

Changing to a source that uses a different tuning mix 126

Installing and removing sources 126

Electrospray Ionization (ESI) source 128

Agilent Jet Stream (AJS ESI) source 130

Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization (APCI) source 132

Multimode Ionization (MMI) source 134

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1Introduction

Sustainability Information 13

Packaging End-of-Life 13

Product End-of-Life 13

Agilent Regulatory Compliance Statement 14

CE Compliance 14

UK Compliance 15

Electromagnetic Compatibility 16

EMC Declaration for South Korea 17

Detachable Power Cord Declaration for Japan 17

Sound Emission Certification for Federal Republic of Germany 17

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive 18

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