Mass Spectrometry Facility

The University of Waterloo Mass Spectrometry Facility (UWMSF) provides instrumentation and expertise to the University of Waterloo and the surrounding research community.

The Facility is equipped with various systems covering a wide range of capabilities, from API based systems (ESI, APCI, and ESCI) to high vacuum systems coupled to UPLC and GC:

  • Waters Synapt G2Si HDMS QTof: High-resolution hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer with integrated Travelling Wave Ion Mobility (TWIM), combined ESI and APCI (ESCI) ion source and UPLC. AP GC/MS.
  • Thermo Scientific Q-Exactive Orbitrap: High-resolution hybrid quadrupole-orbitrap mass spectrometer with APCI, DART and ESI ion sources and UPLC.
  • Thermo Scientific LTQ-XL: Low-resolution Linear Ion Trap with ESI, APCI and MSn and a Vanquish Core UPLC (infusion and LC/MS).
  • Low-resolution Linear Ion Trap with ESI and MSn for infusion.
  • Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (EI and CI GC/MS) quadrupole system.