Quadrupole time-of-flight
From Mass Spec Terms
| IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013 | 
| Quadrupole time-of-flight (QTOF) | 
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| Hybrid mass spectrometer consisting of a transmission quadrupole mass spectrometer coupled to an orthogonal acceleration time-of-flight mass spectrometer. A collision quadrupole is typically inserted between the two mass spectrometers. | 
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| Reference(s): G. L. Glish, D. E. Goeringer. Anal. Chem. 56, 2291 (1984). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac00277a007 ) | 
| From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013. | 
