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A Random Walk Through the Web of Mass Spectrometry

March 1, 2010

The Web contains a diverse collection of resources (tutorials, texts, images, videos, and animations) of interest to mass spectrometrists.

Mass Spectral Libraries: The Next Generation

January 1, 2010

Fundamentally new manipulations of data contained in mass spectral databases and libraries are envisioned for the next generation of mass spectral libraries.

Pressure and Vacuum: Not Really Trivial

November 1, 2009

Good vacuum system design is a crucial underpinning for high performance instrumentation. The important aspects of pressure and vacuum need regular teaching, and here Ken Busch discusses them.

Mass Spectrometry Forum: Ion Lenses

September 9, 2009

Columnist Kenneth L. Busch looks at the impact ion lenses can have on the performance of the mass spectrometer.

Sampling in Mass Spectrometry

August 24, 2009

Columnist Kenneth L. Busch discusses some of the basic considerations for valid sampling, with some examples pertinent to mass spectrometry.

Development of Mass Spectrometry in the United States: The First 50 Years

March 1, 2009

Columnist Ken Busch presents an overview of the development of mass spectrometry in the United States, covering a period of about 50 years.

Higher Resolution Mass Analysis in Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry

January 1, 2009

Columnist Ken Busch discusses the ability to "dial in" resolving power as needed in newer trap mass analyzers, which shows promise for speciation analysis in ICP-MS with chromatographic separation of sample components.

Ethics in Mass Spectrometry

November 1, 2008

Columnist Ken Busch discusses the lack of a formal ethics training program for physical scientists and the need for some type of self-regulation within the field.

Quantitative Mass Spectrometry, Part V: Scedasity Revealed

September 1, 2008

In the fourth part of this five-part series, columnist Ken Busch discussed weighted regression analysis as used in QMS. In this final column, he adds an additional explanation.

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