Tandem mass spectrometer

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Orange Book entry

Orange Book

ORANGE BOOK DEFINITION IUPAC. Analytical Division. Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature (the Orange Book). Definitive Rules, 1979 (see also Orange Book 2023)
Tandem mass spectrometer
An instrumental arrangement in which ions are subjected to two or more sequential stages (which may be separated spatially or temporally) of analysis according to the mass/charge ratio. The study of ions by means of two stages of mass analysis is termed mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry MS/MS.
IUPAC 1997 Orange Book Chapter 12
Index of Orange Book Terms

See also

• MS/MS

• Tandem Mass Spectrometry