Kendrick mass defect
From Mass Spec Terms
| DRAFT DEFINITION |
| Kendrick mass defect |
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| Difference between the nominal mass and the Kendrick mass of a given ion. |
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| Reference(s):
Kendrick, Edward (1963). "A mass scale based on CH2 = 14.0000 for high resolution mass spectrometry of organic compounds". Anal. Chem. 35: 21462154. Marshall AG, Rodgers RP (January 2004). "Petroleomics: the next grand challenge for chemical analysis". Acc. Chem. Res. 37 (1): 539. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ar020177t. PMID 14730994. S. Kim, R. W. Kramer, P. G. Hatcher. Anal. Chem. 75, 5336-5344 (2003). |
| This is an unofficial draft definition presented for information and comment. |
