Metastable ion fragmentation processes in n-alkanes
Goldberg, P. ; Hopkinson, J. A. ; Mathias, A. ; Williams, A. E.
Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell
Published 1970
Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell
Published 1970
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0030-493X
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Chemistry ; Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
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Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
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| Topics: |
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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The n-alkanes, propane to heptane, have been studied in a modified MS-9 mass spectrometer under conditions that enabled the daughter ions, resulting from metastable fragmentation processes occurring in the first field free region, to be observed with high sensitivity. The precursor ions in these fragmentations have been identified unambiguously and a general fragmentation scheme for the n-alkanes is proposed. The mass spectrometer incorporated a variable width monitor slit and narrow settings of this slit improved the energy resolution so that fine structure could be observed in some of the ‘metastable peaks’. The implications of this fine structure are discussed.
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| Additional Material: |
3 Ill.
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Electronic Resource
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