Multi-Mission Threat Detection with Handheld HPMS

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The MX908™ handheld high-pressure mass spectrometer is a cutting-edge device designed for effective threat detection across a wide range of target materials, including explosives, chemical warfare agents (CWAs), and drugs of abuse. It features a fast-switching dual-polarity ionization source and swappable front-end modules, enabling both real-time vapor monitoring at low ppb levels and thermal desorption of solid and liquid samples at nanogram levels. The instrument operates at higher pressures, eliminating the need for bulky, power-hungry vacuum pumps, and provides rapid sample-to-result times of about 30 seconds. Specialized mission modes, such as CW Hunter and Drug Hunter, optimize the device for detecting specific threats with high sensitivity and accuracy. The MX908 offers trace detection in both vapor and thermal desorption modes, with limits of detection in the low ppb and nanogram ranges, making it a versatile and efficient tool for real-time threat analysis.