Clustering, methodology, and mechanistic insights into acetate chemical
ionization using high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Brophy, Patrick; Farmer, Delphine K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3969-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3969-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3969-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 8

Research article

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23 Aug 2016

Research article |

| 23 Aug 2016

Clustering, methodology, and mechanistic insights into acetate chemical ionization using high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Patrick Brophy and Delphine K. Farmer

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RC1: 'Anonymous Review of AMT-2016-161', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Jun 2016
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RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Jun 2016
- AC2: 'Authors Response To Referee #2', Patrick Brophy, 24 Jul 2016

Short summary

We describe voltage scanning methodologies using a high-resolution time-of-flight chemical ionization mass spectrometer (HR-TOF-CIMS) with acetate reagent ions to control for clustering observed in the mass spectrum. Operational considerations related to atmospheric measurements of carboxylic acids using acetate chemical ionization are discussed.