Spectrometrics Limited

Spectrometrics Limited

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The Chemistry of Collaboration™ 🇬🇧 🇮🇪 your Boutique Consultant and Analytical Solutions Partner for Great Britain & Ireland. Solutions for analytical chemistry. Instruments, solutions, analysers, software, spectral libraries & more https://spectrometrics.com

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We bring new innovations in Chromatography & Mass Spec to the GB & Ireland. Contact our CEO @NathHawkins to learn about: • DiscovIR-LC™ & DiscovIR-GC™ • capillary/μpacked SFC/SFC-MS • Zivak LC-MS solutions • Spectral Libraries & Databases • Exetainer & PAL3 samplers • Collaboration & Innovation

What would happen if your laboratory only had power 8-10 hours a day? As emergency preparedness moves up the UK agenda, have you considered the impact of rolling blackouts on business continuity. Critical instruments on UPS? Manual backup processes to prep samples when automation is unavailable?

news.sky.comGovernment updates its 'be ready checklist' for emergenciesThe Cabinet Office has updated its emergency-preparedness website, as the UK faces increasing threats at home and abroad.

In the #DesignerDrugs era: "The compound was identified by GC-MS and independently confirmed by GC-solid deposition-FTIR." isn’t just a technical detail. It's the difference between confirming a match to the reference standard and proving what it is. #Forensics #GCMS #FTIR #NPS #AnalyticalChemistry

We’ve just taken delivery of our first MSLoVent™ for testing. The MSLoVent™ saves 30% on power and carrier gas costs for your GC-MSD/similar instruments that can be shut down over the weekend (more for infrequently used instruments) with minimal unplanned downtime risk! enquiries@spectrometrics.com

It vents your MSD to backing vacuum, with wear on your Turbo pump equivalent to a couple of hours continuous operation (most of the wear on a full vent cycle comes from pumping air and water). On a Monday morning, you can be fully operational in just over 2 hours!

If you do #AnalyticalChemistry, the right water purifier can pay for itself - but you need to trust that whoever specced the system in your lab got right model and filters for your analytical techniques (IC, HPLC, GC, TOC, bio-chromatography). enquiries@spectrometrics.com

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#TeamMassSpec Bottled HPLC (and other lab) grade water really isn’t great for sustainability when you consider the carbon footprint of shipping tonnes of the stuff by road (let alone one vendor flying it in from the USA). Seriously folks, why do analytical chemists fear water purification systems?

IMR-MS: Echoing the Chemistry of Life’s Origins IMR-MS (Ion Molecule Reaction Mass Spectrometry) uses the same ultra-soft ionisation chemistry that forges the prebiotic building blocks of life in deep space’s molecular clouds! #TeamMassSpec - the small molecule #MassSpec missing from your lab! 🌌🧪

#TeamMassSpec - did you know you can improve the mass and spectral accuracy of your HRAM instruments (and for #Orbitrap systems mitigate AGC loss isotopic fidelity) with an affordable software upgrade! enquiries@spectrometrics.com #Geochemistry #Metabolomics #MSImaging

Did you know that the OPTIC-5 Inlet can be installed with LN2, LCO2 or cryo-refocusing allowing a wide range of injection techniques (including Hot Injection & Trapping for Headspace and SPME). With a PAL3 Sampler and LINEX, you can automate Thermal Desorption too! enquiries@spectrometrics.com

Upgrading your GC-MS? If anyone in the UK has an Agilent 5973N (or higher) MSD with Performance Turbo EI (or CI) they’d be willing to donate to a University instrument development research project, we’d love to hear from you. enquiries@Spectrometrics.com

If the situation in the Gulf drags on, helium prices will go up. If you’re doing GC or GC-MS and can’t switch to hydrogen, adding a universal helium conservation module can save you a a small fortune. The Ecosaver from Spectrometrics works with virtually any GC/GC-MS! enquiries@spectrometrics.com

Is your lab short on electrical outlets. Spectrometrics has a range of add-ons that typically let you pull the plug on at least two outlets per #MassSpec system.

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#TeamMassSpec - Game changer for GC/GC-MS installs (especially international) - permanently power the Workstation’s USB port and run a 5- or 8-port LAN switch from it. I’ve added thjs to my field service kit and @spectrometrix.bsky.social product catalogue! enquiries@spectrometrics.com

Thermal Desorption and dynamic headspace are a great tool for the R&D lab, but for a QC or routine lab you really need something that is robust, rugged and easy to use. Spectrometrics do TD and DHS options that work with virtually any GC/GC-MS. enquiries@spectrometrics.com #Volatilomics, #VOCs

Recently I found an interesting paper on Extended Simulated Distillation by Capillary SFC. A more sustainable (lower power consumption, helium-free) alternative to GC-FID/GC-MS with Selerity Technologies commercially available, off-the-shelf instruments for #petrochem enquiries@spectrometrics.com

ogst.ifpenergiesnouvelles.frExtended Simulated Distillation by Capillary Supercritical Fluid Chromatography | Oil & Gas Science and Technology - Revue d'IFP Energies nouvellesOil & Gas Science and Technology - Revue d'IFP Energies nouvelles

Thermal desorption, thermal extraction and pyrolysis with ambient ionisation MS? Applications include seized drug analysis, the direct analysis of chemical warfare agents and explosives in complex environmental matrices, polymer analysis, flavour/aroma release. enquiries@spectrometrics.com

#TeamMassSpec! Your E2M1.5/Duo 2.5 pump hates having a blocked oil mist filter. It makes your pump feel lousy, run a fever, and the back pressure damages its seals. Fix: Spectrometrics value pack: a year's supply: cheaper than one of these Agilent originals enquiries@spectrometrics.com #MassSpec

#TeamMassSpec! Your E2M1.5/Duo 2.5 pump hates having a blocked oil mist filter. It makes your pump feel lousy, run a fever, and the back pressure damages its seals. Fix: Spectrometrics value pack: a year's supply: cheaper than one of these Agilent originals enquiries@spectrometrics.com #MassSpec

#TeamMassSpec - we’re working on our 2nd Generation MSSoftVent™ that could deliver up to 80% savings on your backing pump electricity consumption and running costs. enquiries@spectrometrics.com #MassSpec #Sustainability #Science

Phthalates are one of the most common contaminants in GC analysis. Loose bagged vial caps are a major source. Spectrometrics are your one-stop stop for affordable vials, caps and autosampler syringes. With a range of phthalate, PFAS and siloxane free cap options.

Do you want to cut consumable waste by 2 tonnes/yr per assay? Spin GC and HPLC vials from 2 mL to 40 mL directly – no transfers, no culture/microtubes, straight to autosampler. ROI <6 months for routine labs. UK-made, IP-protected swing-out buckets (23/28 mm). enquiries@spectrometrics.com

🥼 Spectrometrics solutions are ideal for mid-range UKRI capital equipment initiatives like BBSRC Alert. Analysis for Innovative research that works from biomarker discovery through large scale nutrition & health studies. Add a unique, national capability to your lab! enquiries@spectrometrics.com

This month saw the end of Windows 10, but if you’re one of the labs with a 5973N MSD stuck in a Windows 7 time warp, now is the right time to invest in a backup Windows 7 PC as an insurance policy before compatible PCs all end up in the scrap heap in the sky.

#TeamMassSpec: we’ve developed the MSSoftVent that lets you shut down your #MassSpec to save energy, but keep it under backing vacuum for rapid start up. enquiries@spectrometrics.com Though it’s been designed for Agilent GC-MSD/QQQ systems, it will work on many other systems.

🥰 For Sale: Refurbished PAL-xt sampler seeking a new GC-MS soulmate! Fully serviced, ready to inject love into your lab. Reliable, precise, & full of charm. email: enquiries@spectrometrics.com for details! 💖 #LabEquipment #GCMS #ScienceLove

🇬🇧 🇮🇪- Do you have a vintage PAL or GERSTEL MPS? Did You can upgrade to a certified pre-owned PAL-xt (single or dual head) for a fraction of the cost of a new PAL3, and to keep the costs down further, you can reuse your existing objects. enquiries@spectrometrics.com

Just done a desk study for a lab doing VOC analysis. Spectrometrics technology can let them scale down to 10 mL vials saving TWO tonnes of waste glass per GC-MS system per year, HALVE their costs on calibration and QC standards, and save 10% on vial costs (£2000/yr). enquiries@spectrometrics.com

Just done a desk study for a lab doing VOC analysis. Spectrometrics technology can let them scale down to 10 mL vials saving TWO tonnes of waste glass per GC-MS system per year, HALVE their costs on calibration and QC standards, and save 10% on vial costs (£2000/yr). enquiries@spectrometrics.com

It’s essentially a straight scale down without a full revalidation. For MCERTS or GxP, there are potentially further savings in electricity use, up to 10x improvements in detection limits and delivery of higher sample throughput that could be delivered through change control or an NS30 validation.

Splitless headspace analysis is a game changer for labs doing residual solvents, environmental & biogenic VOCs. It also opens up Hot Injection & Trapping (HIT) with a standard Agilent inlet (for headspace, SPME, SPME arrow and related techniques).

Calling #TeamMetabolomics UK - Spectrometrics has 3 #Metabolomics PrepStations in stock to automate the Fiehn MOX-TMS Protocol. Great for teaching metabolomics or for early career researchers wanting to automate GC-MS metabolomics. @scotmetnet.bsky.social @emn-metsoc.bsky.social @lbmsdg.bsky.social

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Did you know you can miss (less stable) metabolites, or their derivatives with batch prep? They’re filtered out in your preprocessing. Just-in-time metabolomics preserves them, boosting feature retention & biomarker discovery. #Metabolomics #ScienceTips #PrepAhead enquiries@spectrometrics.com

Zivak’s Multitasker takes control of the data analysis in CE-IVD workflows, saving you the cost of a CE-IVD LC-MS. This means that in many countries, you can use the standard (research) version of your #MassSpec. Get the Robot + MassSpec for less than the CE-IVD LC-MS!