Agilent 6400 Series Triple Quad LC/MS Concepts Guide 5
Contents
1 Overview      7
What kind of system do you have?    8
Help for applications      9
Help for acquisition    10
Help for data analysis      11
2 Inner Workings – Triple Quadrupole MS versus Single Quadrupole 
MS      13
Single quadrupole MS operation      14
Design for a single quadrupole mass spectrometer      14
How a single quadrupole mass spectrometer works      15
Triple quadrupole MS operation      21
Design of the Agilent Triple Quadrupole MS      21
Innovative Enhancements in the 6490 Triple Quadrupole      23
Innovative Enhancements in the 6460 Triple Quadrupole      25
Innovative Enhancements in the 6430 Triple Quadrupole      27
Innovative Enhancements in the 6420 Triple Quadrupole      27
How a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer works      27
How Dynamic MRM works      30
How Triggered Dynamic MRM works      33
3 Agilent Triple Quadrupole MS and Sensitivity      39
How the Agilent Triple Quadrupole MS improves sensitivity      40
Noise reduction      40
Example of chemical noise reduction      43
Linearity of the Agilent 6400 Series Triple Quadrupole MS      45
How each component works to improve sensitivity    46