New Generation of VOC Monitor Launched

IONICON (Austria) is presenting the new PTR-QMS-500 series to the analytical and laboratory market. The PTR-QMS 500 series is the 4th generation of PTR-MS systems developed and commercialised by IONICON Analytik.

IONICON CEO Lukas MÄRK explains the idea behind many improvements of the new flagship quadrupole-based PTR-MS series: “We wanted to create a new generation of instruments providing the highest sensitivity available in the PTR-MS market but also incorporating new features and improvements we developed listening to the needs and feedback of our customers.”

Among the many improvements with the PTR-QMS 500, IONICON engineers were able to reduce the size and weight of the instruments, but improve maintainability. A touchscreen display is now common to all IONICON instruments, a new heating chamber layout (easier access to ion source and space for extensions) is implemented and new control electronics (fully software controlled) as well as more interfaces (I/Os) are available. The new IONICON ULTRA-PURE ion source delivers an ion intensity enabling the High-Sensitivity PTR-QMS 500 to continuously quantify VOCs in lowest possible concentrations touching even the ppqv-regime.