Mass range

IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013
Mass range
Range of mass over which a mass spectrometer can detect ions or is operated to record a mass spectrum. Note: When indicating a range of m/z instead of mass, this should be specified explicitly.
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Reference(s): 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.
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Gold Book

GOLD BOOK DEFINITION IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the Gold Book). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
Mass range
http://goldbook.iupac.org/M03729.html The range of mass numbers which can be characterized by a mass spectrometer with sufficient resolution to differentiate adjacent peaks. Source: PAC, 1990, 62, 2167 (Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990)) on page 2200
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See also

• Mass limit