Mass spectrometer peaks are split or show flat tops - WKB67894
Article number: 67894
SYMPTOMS
- Peaks split in two
- Peaks show flat top
ENVIRONMENT
- Quadrupole MS
- Quattro Premier
- Quattro Premier XE
- Quattro LC
- Quattro LCZ
- Quattro micro API
- Quattro Ultima
- 3100 Mass Detector
- SQ Detector
- SQ Detector 2
- TQ Detector
- ACQUITY TQD
- Xevo TQ MS
- Xevo TQD
- Xevo TQ-GC
- Xevo TQ-S
- Xevo TQ-S micro
- Xevo TQ-XS
- ZQ 2000
- ZQ 4000
- ZMD
CAUSE
Detector gain is set too high.
FIX or WORKAROUND
Lower the mass spectrometer gain setting until the peak is not saturated.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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