Delta Q IRMS

The Thermo Scientific Delta Q Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS) is a world-class isotope analysis instrument. The world’s first Delta Q IRMS mass spectrometer manufactured without a carbon footprint! Equipped with the Thermo Scientific™ Qtegra™ Intelligent Scientific Data Solution (ISDS) software, the resulting data is high quality and robust.

Future-proof Platform Through Connectivity
The DELTA Q IRMS designed to interface with a wide range of Thermo Scientific™ peripherals, intended to support a wide range of analysis areas, including food authenticity, criminal and environmental forensics, doping control, and other scientific research.

Maximize Laboratory Working Time
Our worldwide network of world-class service and support personnel offer a dedicated and comprehensive service that helps you maximize operational productivity throughout the life of your instrument.

Designed to Provide the Best Performance
DELTA Q IRMS is the result of continuous team research based on user feedback. We carefully optimize our IRMS system, from gas intake and ionization volume along the ion optical path to high-sensitivity Faraday cup detectors. Thus, providing increased reproducibility and measurement precision.

Delta Q IRMS provides:

• Calibrated inlet capillaries to ensure robust instrument-to-instrument performance for sensitivity and linearity.
• Optimized ion source lens stack for increased ionization and data reproducibility.
• Optimized aperture positioning ensures precise and accurate isotope ratio measurement across the extended focal plane of the mass analyzer.
• Enhanced collector design and ion-shielded optical path to ensure low scatter and improved signal-to-noise ratio, resulting in better data quality.
• Low capacitance and direct wiring of Faraday cups to high sensitivity amplifier inputs for low noise and higher signal stability and resistance to external interference.
• Ethernet technology for data transfer.

Smart Workflow delivered by Qtegra ISDS Software
Qtegra ISDS Software for IRMS gases will increase your lab productivity with automatic Get-Ready functionality, ready-to-use templates, and built-in quality control tools.
The Qtegra ISDS software features an intelligent workflow that leads you from sample to result, removing bottlenecks and flexibly switching between different system configurations.
Empowered analysts to reduce their time in the laboratory for even the most challenging analytical preparation with the same look and feel across multiple instruments.

Delta Q is suitable for:

• Food Authenticity and Origin

Complexity in the food supply chain presents opportunities for economically motivated fraud. From fruit and vegetables, to wine and coffee, DELTA Q IRMS provides isotope fingerprinting suitable for determining food integrity.

• Environment

Groundwater and air contamination can be traced with C, N, and S isotope fingerprinting.

• Doping in Sports

Doping analysis to distinguish endogenous steroids from their synthetic analogs to identify the use of performance enhancing substances.

• Forensics

From tracing explosives, illegal drugs, counterfeit currency, animal tissues such as ivory, and evidence, forensic investigations examine samples to determine how similar or different they are, or to identify their origin.

• Geosciences

By analyzing materials such as sediments, ice cores, and speleotems, DELTA Q IRMS makes it possible to understand epochal changes in vegetation, rainfall patterns, and temperature. The isotopic composition of samples enables an understanding of processes in modern and ancient environments.