The characterization of complex mixtures by field desorption-tandem mass spectrometry

✍ Scribed by Anthony T. Jackson; Richard C. K. Jennings; James H. Scrivens; Martin R. Green; Robert H. Bateman

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 196 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0951-4198
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0231(19981215)12:23<1914::aid-rcm400>3.0.co;2-n

✦ Synopsis

This paper shows the first application of field desorption-tandem mass spectrometry (FD-MS/MS) in a hybrid sector, orthogonal acceleration time-of-flight mass spectrometer. This instrumentation has significant advantages in detection limits for MS/MS experiments over four sector mass spectrometers. This is important when using FD ionization from which low ion currents are generated. Data are shown from a few classes of industrial compounds and the proposed fragmentation pathways are described.