GC/MS Tutorials
On-Line Resources
- The 3D nature of GC-MS data, as well as scan rate effects, are discussed
in the
Caffeine Case Study. [4/04]
- The University of Akron has a nicely done web site containing an on-line
'short course' designed as an introduction to the use of a
Mass
Spectrometer as a GC detector. It contains units on The Mass Spec
Detector, GC/MS Data, and Mass Spectral Interpretation.
(Note that to get to the GC/MS Data page, one should click on the gif
and not the words.) If you have not worked with GC/MS data before, it
would be a good idea to spend a few minutes looking at the module on GC/MS
Data. [4/04]
- Dr. Thomas Chasteen
has a
number of animations that introduce the principals of GC-MS (among many
other Analytical Chemistry topics), perhaps the best of his several GC-MS aids
is the Flash animation called
Gas
Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. [4/04]
- George Mason University has a short (four pages) introduction to GC-MS,
entitled "Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometry Background",
which includes several well done figures. [4/04]
- Frederick Douglas (an attorney) has a
detailed, text-only, document summarizing GC, MS, and GC/MS, for the
non-specialist. This document is a good quick way to obtain an
introduction to GC/MS. If you prefer to do your text reading off-line,
FD's web site nicely prints out to a 9-page document. [4/04]
- For a
very
brief introduction to GC/MS, you can visit the web page maintained by the
Attorney General of California. [4/04]
- A very short explanation, with a great figure, of quadrupole mass
spectrometry is
Dr.
Brian Tissue's site at Virginia Tech. [4/04]
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