MS Laboratories & Cores

Hardware designs and reference material from the UWPR

The UWPR shares the hardware designs, setup guides, and reference material below with other laboratories and core facilities. The parts lists and instructions are free to download, and the hardware can be built from commercially available parts.

Useful Information

• Amino Acid Mass Table
• Common Mass Spec Background Ions
• Mass Spec Background Ions: Repeating Units
• Common mass spec contaminants (xls)

LC and Columns

• UWPR Pressure Cell: a pressure cell for packing capillary columns and pre-columns.
• LC plumbing examples (pdf): plumbing examples from the UWPR LC-MS systems.
• Setting up alternate EASY-nLC solvent filters (pdf)

Mass Specs and Sources

• UWPR NanoSpray Ionization (NSI) Source: a source design you can build from commercially available parts; parts lists and assembly instructions are free to download.
• UWPR N2 switch for low flow applications (pdf)
• MS direct infusion line (pdf)