TAGA 6000

The SCIEX TAGA 6000 is a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. The SCIEX TAGA 6000 was introduced in 1981 as the first commercial triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. The SCIEX TAGA 6000 was designed for trace atmospheric gas analysis. The SCIEX TAGA 6000 was available in both lab-based and mobile configurations.^[1][2][3]

The SCIEX TAGA 6000 uses atmospheric-pressure chemical ionization for direct air analysis. The SCIEX TAGA 6000 was used for real-time atmospheric pressure chemical ionization tandem mass spectrometry analysis of volatile organic compounds in air without having to concentrate the organic compounds in air, except hydrocarbons, halogenated hydrocarbons, and formaldehyde. The TAGA 6000 also served as a platform for early LC-MS-MS work with interfaces including a heated nebulizer for APCI and an ion spray inlet.^[1][2][4][5]

The SCIEX TAGA 6000 fit both direct air-monitoring work and early LC-MS-MS workflows. The SCIEX TAGA 6000 was used for direct air monitoring in lab-based and mobile configurations. The first application of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-mass spectrometry was demonstrated on the TAGA 6000 in 1982.^[1][2]

The SCIEX TAGA 6000 was designed for trace atmospheric gas analysis and direct air monitoring. The SCIEX TAGA 6000 has been used in applications such as tracking fugitive emission plumes from industrial sites, analysis of gases from contaminated homes in the Love Canal area, and air monitoring in the Gulf area after the BP spill in 2010. The SCIEX TAGA 6000 was also used for real-time analysis of volatile organic compounds in indoor-air studies. The TAGA 6000 was used as a platform for early LC-MS-MS proof-of-concept work, and an API III TAGA 6000 E mass spectrometer equipped with a nebulizer-assisted electrospray source was used for HPLC-ESI-MS analysis in an antibiotics study.^{[1][2][4][5][6]}