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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2017
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, JP;
SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, Tsukuba, JP;
Abstract
In an LC/MS/MS analysis: injecting a sample into a passage leading to a column group provided in a liquid chromatograph, the column group including a plurality of columns serially connected to each other and packed with different kinds of packing materials; supplying an eluant to one or a plurality of columns including a column located most downstream, to separate a portion of the target components in the sample in the one or plurality of columns, and sequentially elute those components from the most downstream column to perform mass spectrometry; and supplying a different eluant to one or a plurality of columns including the most downstream column, to separate at least a portion of the target components which stayed uneluted in the one or plurality of columns in the first analysis step, and sequentially elute those components from the most downstream column to perform mass spectrometry.