Sensitivity and selectivity of switchable reagent ion soft chemical ionization mass spectrometry for the detection of picric acid

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 37, 2014, Pages 8229-8236

  Agarwal, Bishu ^a,b   González Méndez, Ramón ^c   Lanza, Matteo ^a   Sulzer, Philipp ^a   Märk, Tilmann D ^a,b   Thomas, Neil ^c   Mayhew, Chris A ^c  

^a IONICON Analytik GmbH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL DETECTION; DRIFT CHAMBERS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ION SOURCES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

DETECTION SENSITIVITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; PICRIC ACID; SOFT CHEMICALS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS; TRINITROBENZENE; TRINITROPHENOL; UNUSUAL BEHAVIORS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; KRYPTON; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; PICRIC ACID; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROCEDURES; QUANTUM THEORY;

INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; KRYPTON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; PICRATES; QUANTUM THEORY; WATER;

EID: 84921776782     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5010192     Document Type: Article

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