Non??thermal internal energy distribution of ions observed in an electrospray source interfaced with a sector mass spectrometer

D Rondeau, N Galland, EL Zins, C Pepe…

Index: Rondeau, David; Galland, Nicolas; Zins, Emilie-Laure; Pepe, Claude; Drahos, Laszlo; Vekey, Karoly Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 2011 , vol. 46, # 2 p. 100 - 111

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Abstract

Abstract The internal energy distribution P (E int) of ions emitted in an electrospray (ESI) source interfaced with a sector mass spectrometer is evaluated by using the experimental survival yield (SY) method including the kinetic shift. This method is based on the relationship between the degree of fragmentation of an ion and its amount of internal energy and uses benzylpyridinium cations due to their simple fragmentation scheme. Quantum ...