J Am Soc Mass Spectrom
Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Published: March 2004
The response of atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) mass spectrometry to selected polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) was examined in a Micromass Quattro atmospheric pressure ion source as a function of both solvents and source gases. Typical PACs found in petroleum samples were represented by mixtures of naphthalene, fluorene, phenanthrene, pyrene, fluoranthene, chrysene, triphenylene, perylene, carbazole, dibenzothiophene, and 9-phenanthrol. A large range of different gases in the APCI source was studied, with emphasis on nitrogen, air, and carbon dioxide. Solvents used included water-acetonitrile, acetonitrile, dichloromethane, and hexanes. The signal responses were dependent on both the gases and solvents used, as was the ionization mechanism, as indicated by the degree of protonation with respect to the level of charge exchange. The combination of carbon dioxide in the nebulizer gas stream with nitrogen in the other streams gave a three- to fourfold better sensitivity than using nitrogen alone for both test mixtures and for complex samples.
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