Parts per million mass accuracy on an Orbitrap mass spectrometer via lock mass injection into a C-trap.

Mass accuracy is a key parameter of mass spectrometric performance. TOF instruments can reach low parts per million, and FT-ICR instruments are capable of even greater accuracy provided ion numbers are well controlled. Here we demonstrate sub-ppm mass accuracy on a linear ion trap coupled via a radio frequency-only storage trap (C-trap) to the orbitrap mass spectrometer (LTQ Orbitrap).

A new concept for isotope ratio monitoring liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry.

A new interface for the on-line coupling of a liquid chromatograph to a stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer has been developed and tested. The interface is usable for (13)C/(12)C determination of organic compounds, allowing measurement of small changes in (13)C abundance in individual analyte species. All of the carbon in each analyte is quantitatively converted into CO(2) while the analyte is still dissolved in the aqueous liquid phase.