BREMEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 2009--
At the 18th
International Mass Spectrometry Conference, Bruker Daltonics today
announced the availability of the world’s first 18 tesla (T)
magnet for FTMS. This unique, actively-shielded,
refrigerated 18T magnet system with excellent homogeneity and field
stability, represents the world’s highest field FTMS magnet, providing
unique and novel scientific capabilities that can be applied to some of
today’s most important, complex, and challenging protein, polymer, and
small molecule analyses. The unmatched performance of FTMS at 18 tesla
will significantly impact a variety of research areas including protein
identification, petroleomics, metabolomics, small molecule tissue
molecular imaging, and environmental sample analysis.
The new magnet system provides dramatic increases in FTMS resolution,
speed, and dynamic range. Additionally, the routine observation and
measurement of isotopic fine structure of molecules of interest will be
facilitated and extended to larger molecules to provide another
dimension of specificity for the determination of exact molecular
formulae. Bruker has a long history of magnet development with many
‘firsts’ in high field technology. The latest of these achievements has
been the June 2009 introduction of the world’s first 1
GHz NMR system (23.5 tesla).
“The development of the 18T magnet for FTMS represents the
next leap forward for high end FTMS,” said Dr. Gerhard Roth, Managing
Director of Bruker BioSpin GmbH in Karlsruhe, Germany. He continued:
“The design of this new horizontal bore 18T FTMS magnet is
based on Bruker’s extensive design and production experience for ultra
high field vertical and horizontal bore magnets for NMR, MRI, EPR and
FTMS, combining the most advanced features and many of our key
proprietary technologies.”
Bruker Daltonics is now accepting orders for its new 18T FTMS
magnet with delivery 12 months after order.
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Source: Bruker Daltonics
FTMS Business
Dr. Paul Speir, +1 978-663-3660 ext. 1181
Vice
President
paul.speir@bdal.com