Soft ionization of saturated hydrocarbons, alcohols and nonpolar compounds by negative-ion direct analysis in real-time mass spectrometry

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 329-334

  Cody, Robert B ^a   Dane, A John ^a  

^a JEOL USA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Alkanes; Ambient; Cholesterol; DART; Direct analysis in real time; Hydrocarbons; Ionization; Negative ions; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT; DART; DETECTION LIMITS; DIRECT ANALYSIS IN REAL TIME; NONPOLAR COMPOUNDS; SATURATED HYDROCARBONS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ALCOHOLS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCARBONS; ION SOURCES; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARAFFINS;

NEGATIVE IONS;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ANION; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCARBON;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIRECT ANALYSIS IN REAL TIME MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875887476     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-012-0569-6     Document Type: Article

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