{"id":2664,"date":"2026-03-11T13:25:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev26.lecowebtest.com\/news\/\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:44:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T20:44:37","slug":"30-anos-de-historia-do-pegasus-gc-tofms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/pt\/news\/30-years-pegasus-gc-tofms-history\/","title":{"rendered":"3 de mar\u00e7o de 1996: O dia em que o Pegasus decolou"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-leco-vertical-margin-top has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-875e403b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1ffe0ea6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Publicado em<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"line-height:1;margin-top:12px;margin-left:6px\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-custom-1-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-11T13:25:25-04:00\">11 de mar\u00e7o de 2026<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-left is-style-h2-style wp-block-post-title\">3 de mar\u00e7o de 1996: O dia em que o Pegasus decolou<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><figure class=\"is-style-rounded wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leco-pegasus-gc-tofms-celebrates-30-years-history.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Estande da LECO em feiras anteriores\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leco-pegasus-gc-tofms-celebrates-30-years-history.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leco-pegasus-gc-tofms-celebrates-30-years-history-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leco-pegasus-gc-tofms-celebrates-30-years-history-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leco-pegasus-gc-tofms-celebrates-30-years-history-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leco-pegasus-gc-tofms-celebrates-30-years-history-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leco-pegasus-gc-tofms-celebrates-30-years-history-18x6.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1ea9787f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:48px\">\n<div class=\"leco-share-article align-left wp-block-create-block-leco-share-article\">\n\t<div class=\"share-article-wrapper\">\n\t\t<button class=\"share-article-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/pt\/news\/30-years-pegasus-gc-tofms-history\/\" aria-label=\"Compartilhar artigo\">\n\t\t\tCompartilhar artigo\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<span class=\"share-article-copied\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n\t\t\tLink do artigo copiado\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-sl-1-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-sl-1-background-color has-background has-base-100-color has-base-100-background-color is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:60px;margin-bottom:60px\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1ea9787f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:48px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-leco-split-block leco-split-block is-layout-flex mobile-order-left-first align-center\" style=\"--left-column-width:50%;--right-column-width:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-leco-split-column leco-split-column leco-split-left align-self-top\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded-full-width wp-container-content-0733e5d0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/slava-artaev.jpg\" alt=\"Slava Artaev\" class=\"wp-image-2667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/slava-artaev.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/slava-artaev-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-leco-split-column leco-split-column leco-split-right align-self-top\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-h4-style\">Sobre o Autor: Slava Artaev<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Viatcheslav \u201cSlava\u201d Artaev \u00e9 uma das principais autoridades em espectrometria de massa por tempo de voo (TOFMS). Slava foi, e continua sendo, um membro fundamental da equipe respons\u00e1vel pela plataforma GC-TOFMS LECO Pegasus. Hoje, ele continua a impulsionar a inova\u00e7\u00e3o na LECO como diretor t\u00e9cnico de pesquisa e desenvolvimento em ci\u00eancia da separa\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/viatcheslav-artaev-84aa4a5b\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/viatcheslav-artaev-84aa4a5b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conecte-se com Slava no LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Viatcheslav-Artaev\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Viatcheslav-Artaev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Siga Slava no ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-sl-1-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-sl-1-background-color has-background has-base-100-color has-base-100-background-color is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:60px;margin-bottom:60px\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1ea9787f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:48px\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hoje, enquanto a LECO comemora o 30\u00ba anivers\u00e1rio do Pegasus GC-TOFMS, relembramos um legado de inova\u00e7\u00e3o que redefiniu os limites da ci\u00eancia da separa\u00e7\u00e3o. Lan\u00e7ado em mar\u00e7o de 1996, o Pegasus foi mais do que apenas um novo instrumento; foi um salto tecnol\u00f3gico que trouxe velocidade e clareza sem precedentes \u00e0s an\u00e1lises qu\u00edmicas complexas. Para marcar as tr\u00eas d\u00e9cadas dessa plataforma l\u00edder do setor, pedimos \u00e0queles que estiveram presentes desde o in\u00edcio que compartilhassem suas hist\u00f3rias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-h2-style\">Reflex\u00f5es de Slava Artaev<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">30 Anos Depois<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trinta anos atr\u00e1s, em 3 de mar\u00e7o de 1996, estavamos em um pavilh\u00e3o de exposi\u00e7\u00f5es lotado na Pittcon, em Chicago, e ligamos algo que acredit\u00e1vamos que podia mudar a qu\u00edmica anal\u00edtica. Na \u00e9poca, n\u00e3o parecia hist\u00f3rico \u2014 parecia fr\u00e1gil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c9ramos apenas um punhado de pessoas que compreendia o qu\u00e3o delicado aquele momento era. Kevin McNitt e eu passamos anos trabalhando nesse instrumento \u2014 o primeiro espectr\u00f4metro de massa de tempo de voo com cromatografia gasosa (GC-TOFMS) LECO Pegasus. Para todos os demais, era simplesmente mais um novo sistema em uma feira de neg\u00f3cios. Para n\u00f3s e alguns outros, representava anos de experimentos, noites sem dormir e a convic\u00e7\u00e3o de que a espectrometria de massa por tempo de voo poderia finalmente revelar algo que a cromatografia vinha esperando.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-h3-style\">O Come\u00e7o<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A hist\u00f3ria come\u00e7ou em Okemos, Michigan, em uma pequena startup chamada Meridian Analytical Instruments. Kevin e eu trabalh\u00e1vamos l\u00e1 naquilo que viria a ser o primeiro detector r\u00e1pido de tempo de voo pr\u00e1tico para cromatografia gasosa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded-full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/slava-artaev-kevin-mcnitt-pittcon-1995-fcd.jpg\" alt=\"Slava Artaev e Kevin McNitt na Pittcon 1995 com seu Detector Cromatogr\u00e1fico R\u00e1pido\" class=\"wp-image-2668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/slava-artaev-kevin-mcnitt-pittcon-1995-fcd.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/slava-artaev-kevin-mcnitt-pittcon-1995-fcd-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/slava-artaev-kevin-mcnitt-pittcon-1995-fcd-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br>Slava Artaev (\u00e0 esquerda) e Kevin McNitt (\u00e0 direita) apresentando o FCD650 na Pittcon 1995. Essa tecnologia viria a se tornar, mais tarde, o Pegasus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No Pittcon em 1995, apresentamos o FCD650 Fast Chromatographic Detector, um sistema prot\u00f3tipo capaz de adquirir espectros de massa completos em velocidades extremamente altas. Os cientistas imediatamente reconheceram o potencial. Misturas complexas puderam de repente ser analisadas sem perder a informa\u00e7\u00e3o de picos cromatogr\u00e1ficos muito estreitos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pouco tempo depois, a LECO Corporation adquiriu a Meridian Analytical Instruments e nos convidou a dar continuidade ao trabalho dentro de uma organiza\u00e7\u00e3o muito maior. De repente, o desafio mudou. N\u00e3o est\u00e1vamos mais construindo prot\u00f3tipos. T\u00ednhamos que criar um instrumento totalmente comercial, e precis\u00e1vamos fazer isso rapidamente.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-h3-style\">Nomeando o Pegasus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Todo instrumento, mais cedo ou mais tarde, precisa de um nome. Durante aqueles primeiros meses de desenvolvimento, convers\u00e1vamos frequentemente sobre velocidade, pot\u00eancia e a ideia de capturar informa\u00e7\u00f5es que outros instrumentos deixavam passar. Algu\u00e9m sugeriu \u201cPegasus\u201d, o cavalo alado da mitologia grega. O nome pegou na hora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded-full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pegasus-statue.jpg\" alt=\"Est\u00e1tua de Pegasus, o cavalo alado da mitologia grega\" class=\"wp-image-2669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pegasus-statue.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pegasus-statue-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pegasus-statue-18x7.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O Pegasus simbolizava velocidade e voo, mas tamb\u00e9m transmitia a sensa\u00e7\u00e3o de que o instrumento estava levando a qu\u00edmica anal\u00edtica a novos horizontes. N\u00e3o era simplesmente mais um espectr\u00f4metro de massa. Representava uma maneira diferente de observar sistemas qu\u00edmicos complexos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-h3-style\">P\u00e1ginas Amarelas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uma das imagens que ainda guardo daquela \u00e9poca \u00e9 uma p\u00e1gina de caderno amarela preenchida com anota\u00e7\u00f5es e n\u00fameros manuscritos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded-full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pegasus-history-slava-yellow-page.jpg\" alt=\"Fotografia do Caderno de Pesquisa de Slava Artaev\" class=\"wp-image-2670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pegasus-history-slava-yellow-page.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pegasus-history-slava-yellow-page-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pegasus-history-slava-yellow-page-13x12.jpg 13w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Notas de laborat\u00f3rio documentando os resultados dos testes iniciais de GC-TOFMS durante a fase de teste final antes da Pittcon 1996.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fazia parte do meu caderno de laborat\u00f3rio da fase final de testes antes da Pittcon. A p\u00e1gina mostra os primeiros resultados dos testes de GC-TOFMS, registrados enquanto verific\u00e1vamos se o sistema era capaz de capturar picos cromatogr\u00e1ficos extremamente r\u00e1pidos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Na \u00e9poca, era apenas documenta\u00e7\u00e3o, mais uma p\u00e1gina em uma longa s\u00e9rie de experimentos. Olhando para tr\u00e1s agora, aquela p\u00e1gina amarela parece um pequeno artefato hist\u00f3rico. Ela registra o momento em que percebemos que o instrumento estava finalmente funcionando da maneira que esper\u00e1vamos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-h3-style\">Chicago, mar\u00e7o de 1996<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quando o instrumento Pegasus chegou \u00e0 Pittcon, em Chicago, t\u00ednhamos apenas um curto intervalo de tempo para mont\u00e1-lo e test\u00e1-lo. Nosso \u00fanico dia livre acabou sendo essencial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quando ligamos o instrumento pela primeira vez no sal\u00e3o de exposi\u00e7\u00f5es, nada aconteceu. O problema acabou sendo el\u00e9trico. A alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o dispon\u00edvel no sal\u00e3o era diferente da esperada pelo instrumento. Passaram-se horas enquanto verific\u00e1vamos os cabos, ajust\u00e1vamos as conex\u00f5es e tent\u00e1vamos estabilizar o sistema eletr\u00f4nico. Por fim, o sistema come\u00e7ou a funcionar. Na manh\u00e3 de 3 de mar\u00e7o de 1996, o Pegasus estava pronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uma das demonstra\u00e7\u00f5es que apresentamos envolveu separa\u00e7\u00f5es r\u00e1pidas por cromatografia em g\u00e1s (GC) de compostos clorados, revelando como o sistema era capaz de registrar espectros completos em picos com largura de apenas fra\u00e7\u00f5es de segundo. Para muitos cientistas que assistiam \u00e0 tela naquele dia, as implica\u00e7\u00f5es eram \u00f3bvias. Esse instrumento era capaz de capturar informa\u00e7\u00f5es que antes se perdiam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-h3-style\">Quando os Dados Falam<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O que mais me lembro com clareza daquela semana n\u00e3o \u00e9 o estresse de montar o instrumento. S\u00e3o as rea\u00e7\u00f5es dos cientistas que o viram em funcionamento. As pessoas se reuniram ao redor do estande \u00e0 medida que os espectros apareciam na tela. Alguns fizeram perguntas t\u00e9cnicas. Outros simplesmente observavam. Muitos perceberam rapidamente o que isso significava para o trabalho deles. Misturas complexas, amostras ambientais, produtos petroqu\u00edmicos, aromas e sabores \u2014 todos eles agora podiam ser estudados com muito mais clareza. O Pegasus n\u00e3o se limitou a gerar dados mais rapidamente. Ele permitiu que os qu\u00edmicos enxergassem melhor o que realmente estava presente em suas amostras.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-h3-style\">Ap\u00f3s a Pittcon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O trabalho prosseguiu rapidamente ap\u00f3s a exposi\u00e7\u00e3o. Mais tarde naquele ano, na confer\u00eancia da ASMS de 1996, em Portland, apresentamos os primeiros resultados cient\u00edficos obtidos com o sistema Pegasus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded-full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pegasus-gc-scientific-poster-at-asms-1996.jpg\" alt=\"Primeiro p\u00f4ster cient\u00edfico utilizando dados de GC-TOFMS com Pegasus, apresentado na ASMS em 1996\" class=\"wp-image-2671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pegasus-gc-scientific-poster-at-asms-1996.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pegasus-gc-scientific-poster-at-asms-1996-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pegasus-gc-scientific-poster-at-asms-1996-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">P\u00f4ster cient\u00edfico apresentado na ASMS 1996, intitulado \u201cSistema de espectr\u00f4metro de massa de tempo de voo como detector para cromatografia gasosa de alta velocidade\u201d.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A partir da\u00ed, a plataforma continuou a evoluir. Novas gera\u00e7\u00f5es de instrumentos Pegasus ampliaram o desempenho, introduziram t\u00e9cnicas avan\u00e7adas de processamento de dados (como a deconvolu\u00e7\u00e3o espectral) e, por fim, possibilitaram o uso de t\u00e9cnicas multidimensionais modernas, como a GCxGC-TOFMS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded-full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leco-pegasus-pittcon-1997-setup.jpg\" alt=\"LECO Pegasus II durante a montagem em uma feira comercial\" class=\"wp-image-2672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leco-pegasus-pittcon-1997-setup.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leco-pegasus-pittcon-1997-setup-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leco-pegasus-pittcon-1997-setup-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A pr\u00f3xima vers\u00e3o do Pegasus, o Pegasus II, durante a montagem na Pittcon de 1997.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O que come\u00e7ou como um projeto ambicioso dentro de uma pequena startup havia se tornado uma nova plataforma anal\u00edtica.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-h2-style\">30 Anos Depois<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tr\u00eas d\u00e9cadas depois, os sistemas GC-TOFMS derivados daqueles primeiros instrumentos Pegasus s\u00e3o utilizados em laborat\u00f3rios em todo o mundo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded-full-width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leco-pegasus-historic-timeline.jpg\" alt=\"Cronograma de lan\u00e7amentos dos produtos Pegasus, de 1996 a 2024\" class=\"wp-image-2675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leco-pegasus-historic-timeline.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leco-pegasus-historic-timeline-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leco-pegasus-historic-timeline-18x7.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cronograma de desenvolvimento do Pegasus, de 1996 at\u00e9 os dias de hoje.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eles ajudam cientistas a estudar poluentes ambientais, autenticar produtos aliment\u00edcios, explorar vias metab\u00f3licas e entender sistemas qu\u00edmicos complexos em in\u00fameras ind\u00fastrias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quando penso naquela semana em Chicago, ainda me lembro do momento em que o instrumento finalmente gerou seus primeiros dados no sal\u00e3o de exposi\u00e7\u00f5es. Ap\u00f3s meses de incerteza, o sistema funcionou. E, com aquele primeiro espectro, o Pegasus realmente decolou.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1ea9787f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:48px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-sl-1-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-sl-1-background-color has-background has-base-100-color has-base-100-background-color is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:60px;margin-bottom:60px\">\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-h2-style\">Conhe\u00e7a a evolu\u00e7\u00e3o do GC-TOFMS Pegasus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-67eca248 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/pt\/instrumento\/pegasus-btx-series\/\" data-type=\"instrument\" data-id=\"2253\">Conhe\u00e7a o Pegasus BTX<\/a> para saber mais sobre as solu\u00e7\u00f5es atuais de GC-TOFMS da Pegasus e como elas podem ajud\u00e1-lo a superar seus desafios anal\u00edticos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-sl-1-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-sl-1-background-color has-background has-base-100-color has-base-100-background-color is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:60px;margin-bottom:60px\">\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-h2-style\">Instrumentos Discutidos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"leco-card-grid-block wp-block-create-block-leco-card-grid\">\n\t<div class=\"leco-card-grid columns-2\" role=\"list\" aria-label=\"Card grid\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/pt\/instrumento\/gc-tofms-de-bancada\/\" class=\"leco-card\" role=\"listitem\" aria-label=\"Pegasus BTX Series - Click to learn more\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Card Image -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"leco-card-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Sistema LECO Pegasus BTX GC-MS com carregador autom\u00e1tico\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leco-btx-gc-ms-with-autoloader.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leco-btx-gc-ms-with-autoloader-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leco-btx-gc-ms-with-autoloader-768x432.webp 768w, 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height=\"44\" viewbox=\"0 0 44 44\" fill=\"none\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M12.7998 22C12.7998 22.5523 13.2475 23 13.7998 23L27.3857 23L21.7998 28.5859C21.4093 28.9764 21.4093 29.6095 21.7998 30C22.1903 30.3905 22.8234 30.3905 23.2139 30L30.5068 22.7071C30.8973 22.3166 30.8973 21.6834 30.5068 21.2929L23.2139 14C22.8234 13.6095 22.1903 13.6095 21.7998 14C21.4093 14.3905 21.4093 15.0236 21.7998 15.4141L27.3857 21L13.7998 21C13.2475 21 12.7998 21.4477 12.7998 22Z\" fill=\"#78543D\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/pt\/instrumento\/pegasus-hrt-series\/\" class=\"leco-card\" role=\"listitem\" aria-label=\"Pegasus HRT Series - Click to learn more\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Card Image -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"leco-card-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"LECO Pegasus GC-TOF-MS de alta resolu\u00e7\u00e3o\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img 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class=\"leco-card-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"leco-card-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCG e CGxCG-TOF-MS de alta resolu\u00e7\u00e3o\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"leco-card-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"leco-card-arrow\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" viewbox=\"0 0 44 44\" fill=\"none\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M12.7998 22C12.7998 22.5523 13.2475 23 13.7998 23L27.3857 23L21.7998 28.5859C21.4093 28.9764 21.4093 29.6095 21.7998 30C22.1903 30.3905 22.8234 30.3905 23.2139 30L30.5068 22.7071C30.8973 22.3166 30.8973 21.6834 30.5068 21.2929L23.2139 14C22.8234 13.6095 22.1903 13.6095 21.7998 14C21.4093 14.3905 21.4093 15.0236 21.7998 15.4141L27.3857 21L13.7998 21C13.2475 21 12.7998 21.4477 12.7998 22Z\" 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wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-1d17308c wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-5701 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news instrument-model-btx instrument-model-hrt core-analysis-type-gc-mass-spectrometry application-type-battery-analysis product-line-mass-spectrometry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/pt\/news\/battery-solvent-impurities-using-gc-ms\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/jumper-power-cable-on-battery-terminal.webp\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Identifique com Confian\u00e7a Impurezas em Solventes de Bateria Usando T\u00e9cnicas de CG-EM\" 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