Mass peak

Mass peak
IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013
mass peak peak (in mass spectrometry) Localized region of relatively intense detector response in a mass spectrum when ions of a specified m/z are detected. If resolving power is insufficient two or more components of similar m/z may contribute to one unresolved mass peak. Note 1: Although mass peaks are often associated with particular ions, the terms peak and ion should not be used interchangeably. Note 2: Care should be used to distinguish mass spectrum peaks from chromatographic peaks in GC-MS and LC-MS.
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Reference(s): IUPAC. Analytical Division. Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature (the Orange Book). Definitive Rules, 1979. Compiled by J. Inczdy, T. Lengyel, A. M. Ure. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). On-line corrected version: http://www.iupac.org /publications/analytical compendium (2000). IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the Gold Book). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins.
From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013.
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GOLD BOOK DEFINITION IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the Gold Book). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
A record of the ion current, at a specific mass to charge ratio, received by the collector. Source: PAC, 1990, 62, 2167 (Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990)) on page 2200
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