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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1013-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1013-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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27 Feb 2025
Research article |
| 27 Feb 2025
| 27 Feb 2025
Product ion distributions using H3O+ proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PTR-ToF-MS): mechanisms, transmission effects, and instrument-to-instrument variability
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, 20899, USA
Megan S. Claflin
Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, 01821, USA
Christina E. Cecelski
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, 20899, USA
Ayomide A. Akande
Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z1, Canada
Delaney Kilgour
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, 53706, USA
Paul A. Heine
Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z1, Canada
Matthew Coggon
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, 80305, USA
Chelsea E. Stockwell
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, 80305, USA
Andrew Jensen
Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, 80309, USA
now at: Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109, USA
Jie Yu
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3H6, Canada
Han N. Huynh
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3H6, Canada
now at: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, 80305, USA
Jenna C. Ditto
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3H6, Canada
now at: Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, 63130, USA
Carsten Warneke
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, 80305, USA
William Dresser
Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, 80309, USA
Keighan Gemmell
Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z1, Canada
Spiro Jorga
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3H6, Canada
now at: Tofwerk, Thun, 3645, Switzerland
Rileigh L. Robertson
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, 20899, USA
now at: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, 80309, USA
Joost de Gouw
Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, 80309, USA
Timothy Bertram
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, 53706, USA
Jonathan P. D. Abbatt
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3H6, Canada
Nadine Borduas-Dedekind
Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z1, Canada
Dustin Poppendieck
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, 20899, USA
Data sets
H3O+ PTR-MS PID Library Michael F. Link https://doi.org/10.18434/mds2-3582
Short summary
Proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) is widely used for the measurement of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) both indoors and outdoors. An analytical challenge for PTR-MS measurements is the formation of unintended measurement interferences, product ion distributions (PIDs), that may appear in the data as VOCs of interest. We developed a method for quantifying PID formation and use interlaboratory comparison data to put quantitative constraints on PID formation.
Proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) is widely used for the measurement of...
