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Fast Elemental Composition Identifications of Mixtures with Ultra-High-Resolution apex Qe FTMS

Type: Application

Application Note

Number: Technology

FTMS-36

Year Products

2007

apexControl 1.0, TargetAnalysis 1.0, apex-Qe, Apollo II electrospray source, APCI source, APPI source

  Author
 

Dr. M. Witt1, Dr. Ph. Schmitt-Kopplin2, Dr. B. Frommberger2, Dr. N. Hertkorn2
1: Bruker Daltonik GmbH, Bremen, Germany, 2: GSF – National Research Center for Environmental and Health Institute for Ecological Chemistry, Neuherberg, Germany

  Reference
 

Bruker Daltonics Application Note # FTMS 36

 

Abstract

 

Research in the field of environmental chemistry is limited

due to the complexitiy of the samples. Especially the analysis of humic substances like humic or fulvic acids is challenging. Fulvic acids have been studied by 1H- and 13C-NMR, CHNO elemental analysis, infrared spectroscopy as well as other analytical methods. However, these methods can only give an insight into the character of the mixture, but exact chemical formulae or series of compounds can not be identified. Due to the ultra high resolution and the very accurate mass detection of Fourier Transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometers the chemical formula of compounds ionized by different methods can be revealed. Complementary ionization techniques combined with high resolution mass spectrometry enable the identification

of most of the elemental compositions.

 

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