Talk:Mass/Charge Ratio Comments

I think that we may be stuck with the unitless m/z. But you are correct, this is a confusing point.

Sparkman recommends against the Thomson unit.

Kermit Murray

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Unfortunately I don't have the book of Sparkman available. What is his line of argument? I used to be in favor of the "unitles" m/z. Now I think it is a folly. Maybe we can declare m/z as dimension- and unitles. We could also declare current, voltage, length, time, speed, weight, force and any other property as dimensionles. We could also remove all the labels from every bottle, we could purge the names of all streets, cities and countries. However, the confusion only gets bigger. The concept of dimensions and units is an important scientific and cultural achievements of humanity. It helps naming and measuring things, and enables communication about it. And we, the mass spec community, make fools of ourselves if we ignore this achievement. Or did I miss something?

-Ionwerker

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