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Articles | Volume 18, issue 14
Articles | Volume 18, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-3547-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-3547-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 14
Research article
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30 Jul 2025
Research article |  | 30 Jul 2025

Interpretation of mass spectra by a Vocus proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometer (PTR-MS) at an urban site: insights from gas chromatographic pre-separation

Ying Zhang, Yuwei Wang, Chuang Li, Yueyang Li, Sijia Yin, Megan S. Claflin, Brian M. Lerner, Douglas Worsnop, and Lin Wang

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This study provides insight into how individual ions measured by proton-transfer-reaction (PTR) mass spectrometry are produced by multiple volatile organic compounds (VOCs). A reference table is provided for attributing the PTR signal to contributing VOC species. The signals are grouped according to the complexity of their potential identities. We find that a number of signal ions such as C6H7+ for benzene and C5H9+ for isoprene merely give an upper limit of their corresponding concentrations.
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