The Robust Xevo TQ Absolute Mass Spectrometer

Achieve complete confidence in reaching lower limits of quantitation, even for challenging negative ionizing compounds, with the Xevo TQ Absolute—an instrument designed to deliver unmatched performance.

The Waters Xevo TQ Absolute is an exceptionally compact and sustainable tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer, designed to help the lab achieve and sustain high performance and productivity. Building on Xevo's renowned robustness, the Xevo TQ Absolute allows for precise quantification of challenging small-mass, negative-ionizing compounds with unparalleled sensitivity and confidence. All of this is achieved while ensuring that the ESG commitments are fully supported.

Specifications

System Hardware Specifications

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* Not available with waters_connect.

System Software Specifications

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Performance Capabilities

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Source: Waters Corporation

* Not available with waters_connect
** Less than 1% of Waters’ tandem quadrupole mass spectrometers require a detector replacement on an annual basis. [Source: Waters’ internal data on the service history of its tandem quadrupole mass spectrometers launched between 2006 and 2022]
*** Regulated approval marks include CE, CB, NRTL (Canada/USA), RCM

Overview

• Absolute Performance: Reach lower limits of quantitation to meet stringent regulatory requirements, with up to 15 times greater sensitivity for difficult-to-detect negative ionizing compounds compared to the previous product.
• Absolute Efficiency: Enhance environmental sustainability and reduce operational costs with an instrument that consumes approximately 50% less electricity and gas, while generating 50% less heat than most high-performance TQ mass spectrometers currently available.
• Absolute Confidence: Maintain long-term performance and productivity with consistent robustness and reproducibility.
• Absolute Productivity: Enhance efficiency with flexible software solutions such as waters_connect—a modern, intuitive informatics platform that streamlines workflows, ensures data integrity, and can reduce data review time by up to 50%.

Recommended Use: Ideal for achieving lower limits of quantitation and meeting regulatory standards, even when analyzing challenging negative ionizing compounds.

Achieve Absolute Performance with Improved Sensitivity

An instrument with absolute performance is essential to achieve lower limits of quantitation and comply with regulatory standards, especially for challenging negative ionizing compounds. The Xevo TQ Absolute delivers up to 15 times greater sensitivity than its predecessor, enabling rapid and confident decision-making.

Xevo TQ Absolute provides significantly increased sensitivity, particularly for negative ion compounds such as polar pesticides. Image Credit: Waters Corporation

Improve Sustainability and Lower Operational Costs

As organizations increasingly focus on environmental sustainability and cost reduction, the Xevo TQ Absolute provides a practical solution to support both goals. Engineered for lower electricity and gas consumption, along with reduced BTU/hr output, it helps decrease energy usage and air conditioning demands, resulting in lower operational costs. Its compact LC-MS/MS design maximizes analytical capability per square foot, enabling laboratory managers to optimize space utilization and enhance overall efficiency.

Waters Xevo TQ Absolute. Source: Waters Corporation

**Source: Xevo TQ Absolute Site Preparation Guide, power consumption range mid-point of 960 W + Ebara rough pump 500 W

SCIEX^™ 7500. Source: Waters Corporation

*Source: Accessed January 2022 related to document RUO-IDV-01-9809-G SCIEX Triple Quad 7500 LC-MS/MS System - QTRAP Ready Site Planning Guide

Ensure Absolute Productivity with Flexible Software Options

Gain maximum flexibility in selecting the ideal quantitation solution with two powerful software platforms: waters_connect and MassLynx. The modern, app-based waters_connect platform offers enhanced efficiency and user experience, featuring Exception Focused Review (XFR) technology that can reduce data review time by up to 50%, helping to drive peak lab productivity. The well-established MassLynx software delivers trusted versatility and flexibility across a wide range of analytical needs.

The unique functionality of waters_connect for quantitation ensures your Xevo TQ Absolute provides absolute productivity. Image Credit: Waters Corporation 

Maintain Peak Performance Longer with Robustness and Reproducibility

With analytical laboratories navigating an array of evolving challenges, confidence in instrumentation that can keep pace is essential. The Xevo TQ Absolute is purpose-built to deliver long-term robustness and reproducibility, ensuring sustained performance and productivity. Optimal probe positioning minimizes contamination and reduces the frequency of cleaning-related downtime, while the newly designed source shield protects against contamination from sample matrices and mobile phase salts—helping laboratories maintain uptime and operational efficiency.

Minimize contamination and increase uptime with the new source shield technology featured in the Xevo TQ Absolute. Image Credit: Waters Corporation 

Accelerating Success with Award-Winning Service

Keep the laboratory running efficiently and prepared for future opportunities with Waters' comprehensive analytical solutions. Benefit from expert training through APS and take advantage of flexible, cost-effective options like FlexCHOICE for system servicing, along with trade-ins and technology upgrades through FlexUP to support business growth and keep the operations at the forefront of innovation.

Targeted Mass Spectrometry Imaging enables you to simply and quickly access lower limits of detection in molecular visualization directly from surfaces. Image Credit: Waters Corporation

The new generation of Xevo. Image Credit: Waters Corporation

Xevo TQ Absolute Fluidics. Image Credit: Waters Corporation