JEOL and Zoex Partnership Combines Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography with High Sensitivity Mass Spectrometer

JEOL has concluded an OEM agreement with Zoex Corporation to offer the Zoex comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC x GC) technology with the new JEOL AccuTOF GCV 4G high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometer system.

“We are very excited about the partnership with Zoex. The combination of comprehensive two-dimensional GC with high-resolution, high-sensitivity mass spectrometry is a very powerful platform for the analysis of complex mixtures” says Robert B. Cody, Product Manager for Mass Spectrometry at JEOL USA, Inc.

The AccuTOF GCV 4G’s unique capability to easily switch between electron ionization (EI) and field ionization (FI) mode combines the power of database searching in EI mode with unambiguous molecular weight information in FI mode. Unlike chemical ionization (CI), field ionization does not require a reagent gas and FI mass spectra are very simple, consisting of molecular ions with little or no fragmentation. Accurate mass measurements can be carried out in either EI or FI mode, or with the optional CI ion source. The AccuTOF GCV 4G is the only mass spectrometer system that offers GC x GC with all three ionization modes: EI, FI, and CI to produce high-resolution accurate-mass spectra.

The combination of Zoex Corporation’s proven thermal modulation technology and GC Image software with the JEOL AccuTOF GCV 4G offers unparalleled analytical performance for complex mixture analysis.