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Mass spectrometer
IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013
Instrument that measures the m/z values and abundances of gas-phase ions.
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Reference(s): IUPAC. Analytical Division. Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature (the Orange Book). Definitive Rules, 1979. Compiled by J. Inczédy, T. Lengyel, A. M. Ure. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). On-line corrected version: http://www.iupac.org /publications/analytical compendium (2000). IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the Gold Book). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins.
From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013.
Index of Recommended Terms

Mass spectrometer
ORANGE BOOK DEFINITION IUPAC. Analytical Division. Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature (the Orange Book). Definitive Rules, 1979 (see also Orange Book 2023)
An instrument in which the beams of ions are separated (analysed) according to the mass/charge ratio and the ions are measured electrically.
IUPAC 1997 Orange Book Chapter 12
Index of Orange Book Terms

This term has a corresponding Wikipedia article: Mass spectrometer

Wikidata for Mass spectrometer

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-== [[Orange Book]] Entry ==
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+|def=Instrument that measures the ''[[m/z]]'' values and abundances of gas-phase ions.
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+|ref={{obgb}}
+}}
-An instrument in which the beams of ions are separated (analysed) according to the mass/charge ratio and the ions are measured electrically.
-== Proposed New Entry ==
+<!-- Orange Book -->
+{{orange|
+An instrument in which the beams of ions are separated (analysed) according to the [[mass/charge ratio]] and the ions are measured electrically.
+}}
-The mass spectrometer is an instrument with which the chemical composition of material can be analyzed.
+{{wplink|Q1327691}}
-Mass spectrometers are considered to consist of three parts:
+[[Category:General]]
+[[Category:M/z Separation]]
-) Sample preparation & ionization:
+[[Category:Orange Book term]]
-for bringing the analyte in gas phase and in charged state
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Mass Spectrometer}}
-) Mass analyzer:
-instrument with which the physical quantity mass/charge of charged particles is measured.
-) Data system:
-hardware and software for processing the data received from the mass analyzer.
-== External Links ==
-[http://www.asms.org/whatisms/index.html ASMS What is MS?]: [http://www.asms.org/whatisms/p4.html What is a Mass Spectrometer?]