The Mass Defect, Isotope Clusters, and Accurate Mass for Elemental Determination

Liquid Chromatography Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry: Principles, Tools, and Applications for Accurate Mass Analysis

Volumn 173, Issue , 2008, Pages 17-31

  Thurman, E Michael ^a   Ferrer, Imma ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

"Rule of Three" and "Rule of Thumb" or heuristic rule useful for relative isotopic mass defect; Mass defect, isotope clusters, and accurate mass; Negative Isotope Mass Average (IMA)

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS;

ACCURATE MASS; HEURISTIC RULES; ISOTOPE MASS; MASS DEFECT;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 84948953550     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470429969.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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