Mass spectrum
From Mass Spec Terms
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Plot of the relative abundances of ions forming a beam or other collection as a function of their m/z values.
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| From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013. |
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). |
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http://goldbook.iupac.org/M03749.html A spectrum which is obtained when a beam of ions is separated according to the mass-to-charge (m/z) ratios of the ionic species contained within it. Source: PAC, 1991, 63, 1541 (Recommendations for nomenclature and symbolism for mass spectroscopy (including an appendix of terms used in vacuum technology). (Recommendations 1991)) on page 1550 See also: Orange Book, p. 204 PAC, 1990, 62, 2167 (Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990)) on page 2200 |
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