The sensitivity of benzene cluster cation chemical ionization mass spectrometry to select biogenic terpenes

Lavi, Avi; Vermeuel, Michael P.; Novak, Gordon A.; Bertram, Timothy H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3251-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3251-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3251-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 6

Research article

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07 Jun 2018

Research article |

| 07 Jun 2018

The sensitivity of benzene cluster cation chemical ionization mass spectrometry to select biogenic terpenes

Avi Lavi, Michael P. Vermeuel, Gordon A. Novak, and Timothy H. Bertram

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Feb 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Timothy Bertram, 09 Mar 2018
RC2: 'referee's comments', Anonymous Referee #3, 19 Feb 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 3', Timothy Bertram, 09 Mar 2018

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AR by Timothy Bertram on behalf of the Authors (09 Mar 2018) Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Mar 2018) by Mingjin Tang

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (10 Apr 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (22 Apr 2018) by Mingjin Tang

AR by Timothy Bertram on behalf of the Authors (24 Apr 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (26 Apr 2018) by Mingjin Tang

AR by Timothy Bertram on behalf of the Authors (14 May 2018)

Short summary

Chemical ionization mass spectrometry has emerged as a versatile tool for the study of reactive gases. Robust calibration is required to assess the sensitivity of these instruments and their dependence on external factors such as specific humidity. Here, we report the sensitivity of benzene cluster cation chemical ionization for an array of terpene compounds. This work permits a more universal understanding of the sensitivity of this technique to a host of isobaric compounds.