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|  | ==IUPAC 2013 Reccommendation==
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|  | The IUPAC definition of resolution in mass spectrometry expresses this value as m/?m, where m is the mass of the ion of interest and ?m is the peak width (peak width definition) or the spacing between two equal intensity peaks with a valley between them no more than 10 % of their height (10 % valley definition) [http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/goldbook]. Resolving power in mass spectrometry is defined as the ability of an instrument or measurement procedure to distinguish between two peaks at m/z values differing by a small amount and expressed as the peak width in mass units [http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/goldbook]. Mass resolving power is defined separately as m/?m in a manner similar to that given above for mass resolution[http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/goldbook]. These definitions of mass resolving power and resolving power in mass spectrometry are contradictory, the former is expressed as a dimensionless ratio and the latter as a mass. The definitions for resolution in mass spectrometry and resolving power in mass spectrometry come from Todds 1991 recommendations [http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac199163101541], and the definition for mass resolving power comes from Beynons 1978 recommendations [J. Beynon. Pure Appl. Chem. 50, 65 (1978)]. Beynons work contains no definition for mass resolution.
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|  | Alternative definitions for resolution and resolving power in mass spectrometry have been proposed [http://mass-spec.lsu.edu/msterms/index.php/Mass_Spec_Desk_Reference][http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-2787(1998)17:1<1::AID-MAS1>3.0.CO;2-K]. It has been suggested that resolution be given by ?m and resolving power by m/?m; however, these definitions are not widely used.
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|  | The majority of the mass spectrometry community uses resolution as defined by IUPAC. The term resolving power is not widely used as a synonym for resolution. In this document, the IUPAC defini- tion of resolution in mass spectrometry remains in place. The definition of resolving power has been adapted from the current IUPAC definition of mass resolving power.
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|  | ==Books defining resolution and/or resolving power==
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|  | ===Books using resolution is m/?m === 
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|  | :'''Mass Spectrometry and its Applications to Organic Chemistry'''
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|  | :J. H. Beynon
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|  | :Elsevier, 1960
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|  | :'''Mass Spectrometry  Organic Chemical Applications'''
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|  | :Klaus Biemann
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|  | :McGraw-Hill, 1962
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|  | :'''Lasers and Mass Spectrometry'''
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|  | :By David M. Lubman
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|  | :Oxford University Press US, 1990
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|  | :ISBN 0195059298
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|  | :'''Interpretation of Mass Spectra''' 
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|  | :Fred W. McLafferty, Turecek
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|  | :University Science Books, 1993
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|  | :Language: English
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|  | :ISBN-10: 0935702253
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|  | :'''Mass Spectrometry: Clinical and Biomedical Applications'''
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|  | :By Dominic M. Desiderio
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|  | :Springer, 1993
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|  | :ISBN 0306442612
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|  | :'''Practical Organic Mass Spectrometry: A Guide for Chemical and Biochemical Analysis'''
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|  | :J. R. Chapman
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|  | :Wiley_Default, 1995
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|  | :ISBN 047195831X
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|  | :'''Mass Spectrometry for Chemists and Biochemists'''
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|  | :Robert Alexander Walker Johnstone, M. E. Rose
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|  | :Cambridge University Press, 1996
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|  | :ISBN 0521424976
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|  | :'''Introduction to Mass Spectrometry'''
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|  | :By J. Throck Watson
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|  | :Lippincott-Raven, 1997
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|  | :ISBN 0397516886
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|  | :'''Ionization Methods in Organic Mass Spectrometry'''
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|  | :By Alison E. Ashcroft, Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
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|  | :Royal Society of Chemistry, 1997
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|  | :ISBN 0854045708
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|  | :'''Accelerator Mass Spectrometry: Ultrasensitive Analysis for Global Science'''
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|  | :Claudio Tuniz, John R. Bird, Gregory F. Herzog, David Fink
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|  | :CRC Press, 1998
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|  | :ISBN 0849345383
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|  | :'''Mass Spectrometry in Biology & Medicine'''
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|  | :By A. L. Burlingame, Steven A. Carr, Michael A. Baldwin
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|  | :Humana Press, 1999
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|  | :ISBN 0896037991
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|  | :'''Mass Spectrometry and Genomic Analysis'''
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|  | :J. Nicholas Housby
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|  | :Springer, 2001
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|  | :ISBN 0792371739
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|  | :'''Mass Spectrometry Basics'''
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|  | :Christopher G. Herbert, Robert Alexander Walker Johnstone
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|  | :CRC Press, 2002
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|  | :ISBN 0849313546
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|  | :'''Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry: An Introduction Robert E. Ardrey'''
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|  | :Wiley, 2003
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|  | :ISBN-10: 0471498017
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|  | :'''Mass Spectrometry: A Textbook'''
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|  | :J?rgen H. Gross
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|  | :Springer, 2004
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|  | :ISBN 3540407391
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|  | :'''Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry'''
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|  | :By Raymond E. March, John F. Todd
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|  | :Wiley-IEEE, 2005
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|  | :ISBN 0471717975
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|  | :'''The Expanding Role of Mass Spectrometry in Biotechnology'''
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|  | :Gary Siuzdak
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|  | :McC Pr, 2006
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|  | :ISBN 0974245127
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|  | :'''Quantitative Applications of Mass Spectrometry''' 
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|  | :Pietro Traldi, Franco Magno, Irma Lavagnini, Roberta Seraglia
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|  | :Wiley, 2006
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|  | :ISBN-10: 0470025166
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|  | :'''Assigning Structures to Ions in Mass Spectrometry''' 
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|  | :John L. Holmes, Christiane Aubry, Paul M. Mayer
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|  | :CRC, 2006
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|  | :ISBN-10: 0849319501
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|  | :'''Mass Spectrometry: Principles and Applications'''
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|  | :Edmond de Hoffmann, Vincent Stroobant
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|  | :Wiley-Interscience, 2007
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|  | :ISBN 047003310X
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|  | :'''Quantitative Proteomics by Mass Spectrometry (Methods in Molecular Biology)''' 
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|  | :Salvatore Sechi
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|  | :Humana Press, 2007
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|  | :ISBN-10: 1588295710
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|  | :'''Computational Methods for Mass Spectrometry Proteomics''' 
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|  | :Ingvar Eidhammer, Kristian Flikka, Lennart Martens, Svein-Ole Mikalsen
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|  | :Wiley-Interscience, 2008
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|  | :ISBN-10: 0470512970
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|  | ===Books that use resolution is ?m ===
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|  | :'''Mass Spectrometry Desk Reference'''
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|  | :David Sparkman
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|  | :Global View, 2006
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|  | :ISBN-10: 0966081390
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|  | :'''Introduction to Mass Spectrometry: Instrumentation, Applications, and Strategies for Data Interpretation''' 
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|  | :J. Throck Watson, O. David Sparkman
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|  | :Wiley, 2007
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|  | :Language: English
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|  | :ISBN-10: 0470516348
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|  | :'''Fundamentals of Contemporary Mass''' 
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|  | :Chhabil Dass, 2007
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|  | :ISBN-10: 0471682292
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|  | :'''Proteomics in Practice: A Guide to Successful Experimental Design''' 
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|  | :Reiner Westermeier, Tom Naven, Hans-Rudolf H??pker
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|  | :Wiley, 2008
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|  | :ISBN-10: 3527319417
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