We present results for direct on-line detection of semi-volatile compounds in air using membrane introduction ion trap mass spectrometry. Brief sampling periods of 10 seconds to 3 minutes produced linear and reproducible data for concentrations ranging from parts-per-trillion to parts-per-billion by
Proton affinity of peroxyacetyl nitrate sampled by membrane introduction mass spectrometry
โ Scribed by N. Srinivasan; R. G. Cooks; P. B. Shepson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 184 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0951-4198
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โฆ Synopsis
Peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) is a fragile, highly reactive molecule which has proven difficult to characterize by mass spectrometry. This study investigates the use of a membrane introduction system to sample PAN and demonstrates that the molecular ions [MH] , [MH] ร and M ร * can be generated under chemical ionization conditions. Use of tandem mass spectrometry provides characteristic spectra. These capabilities are applied to generate adduct ions of PAN with reference compounds of known proton affinity. Collision induced dissociation of these ions gives, by application of the kinetic method relationship, an estimated value of 191 AE 3 kcal/mol (798 AE 12 kJ/mol) for the proton affinity of PAN.
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