The ion trap aerosol mass spectrometer: field intercomparison with the ToF-AMS and the capability of differentiating organic compound classes via MS-MS

Fachinger, Johannes R. W.; Gallavardin, Stéphane J.; Helleis, Frank; Fachinger, Friederike; Drewnick, Frank; Borrmann, Stephan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1623-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1623-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1623-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

Research article

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27 Apr 2017

Research article |

| 27 Apr 2017

The ion trap aerosol mass spectrometer: field intercomparison with the ToF-AMS and the capability of differentiating organic compound classes via MS-MS

Johannes R. W. Fachinger, Stéphane J. Gallavardin, Frank Helleis, Friederike Fachinger, Frank Drewnick, and Stephan Borrmann

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RC1: 'Review of Fachinger et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Jan 2017
RC2: 'report Fachinger et al. AMTD', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Jan 2017
AC1: 'Reply to reviews', Friederike Fachinger, 08 Mar 2017

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AR by Friederike Fachinger on behalf of the Authors (08 Mar 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Mar 2017) by Pierre Herckes

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (03 Apr 2017)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (03 Apr 2017) by Pierre Herckes

AR by Friederike Fachinger on behalf of the Authors (04 Apr 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (05 Apr 2017) by Pierre Herckes

AR by Friederike Fachinger on behalf of the Authors (05 Apr 2017)

Short summary

The design of an ion trap aerosol mass spectrometer was improved, allowing for the instrument's first field deployment. Detection limits were found to be sufficiently low for ambient measurements. Via MS-MS measurements the instrument is capable of differentiating ion fragments of different elemental compositions, but also fragments which only differ in their molecular structures. This could allow for e.g. the differentiation between sugars and carboxylic acids by MS–MS studies on m/z 60 and 73.