同位素质谱和无机质谱

本文是《分析试验室》定期评述中“同位素质谱和无机质谱”的第四篇评述，评述的范围是１９９４年１１月至１９９６年１０月我国气体同位素质谱，热电离同位素质谱，加速器质谱，火花源质谱，电感耦合等离子体质谱，辉光放电质谱，同位素稀释质谱，二次离子质谱，激光共振电离子飞行时间质谱，电子探针，质子探针，激光探针和它们在地学，核科学，环境科学，材料学，计理学，医学和生命科学中的应用，引用文献１４９篇。     

同位素质谱与无机质谱分析

本文是《分析试验室》定期评述中“无机质谱分析”课题的第二篇评述文章,它增加了同位素质谱分析的内容,故将题目改为现今题目,它综述了1985年～1990年间同位素质谱和无机质谱的发展概况。其中包括同位素示踪、同位素稀释、火花源质谱、二次离子质谱、等离子体质谱等。内容以国内为主,也收集了少量代表学科先进水平的外国文献。     

同位素质谱和无机质谱分析

本文与本刊1991年专栏评述衔接,评述了1991～1992年10月间我国同位素质谱和无机质谱分析的情况。包括同位素分析、同位素示踪、同位位素稀释、同位素质谱计研制、火花质谱、二次离子质谱、离子探针、等离子体质谱等。资料来源以国内为主,也收集了少量代表学科先进水平的外国文献。参考文献252篇。     

辉光放电质谱分析中质谱干扰及其校正方法的现状

详细地介绍了辉光放电质谱分析中的质谱干扰如同量异位素、多原子离子和多电荷离子干扰。从同位素选择、高分辨率仪器、碰撞诱导解离、离子源冷却、数学方法校正、放电气体更换和放电气体纯度提高等方面对辉光放电质谱的质谱干扰校正方法的现状进行了评述(引用文献共68篇)。     

质谱的无机痕量分析进展

概述了电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)、激光电离质谱(LIMS)和共振电离质谱(RIMS)、火花源质谱(SSMS)、辉光放电质谱(GDMS)、二次离子质谱(SIMS)、热电离同位素稀释质谱法(ID-TIMS)等无机质谱分析方法的基本原理、方法特点和应用进展,概括了ICE-MS和IDMS方法的优缺点;采用溶液进样的ICP-MS和TIMS稀释法,给出的测量结果不确定度要高于固体进样的质谱法。     

表面热电离质谱的进展

本文评述了表面热电离质谱（ＴＩＭＳ），特别是负离子质谱（ＮＴＩ－ＭＳ）对非金属和具有高电离电位的金属元素的同位素测定的进展，引用文献３４篇。     

磁质谱在核科学领域的研究进展

对磁质谱在核科学领域的研究进展进行了综述。介绍了磁质谱的基本原理，详细论述了扇形磁场电感耦合等离子体质谱、加速器质谱、二次离子质谱、热电离质谱、激光共振电离质谱、辉光放电质谱的电离机理、特征及应用领域。扇形磁场电感耦合等离子体质谱分辨率高，检测限低，在元素和同位素分析中应用最为广泛。加速器质谱通常用于样品中超痕量、长寿命放射性核素的量化分析。TI-MS被认为是元素同位素比值分析最精确的仪器之一，而辉光放电质谱主要运用于高纯材料中杂质的分析。     

负热电离质谱测定硼同位素的涂样试剂比较

目前人们并未注意到利用负热电离质谱方法测定硼同位素所采用涂样试剂中BO^-的同质异位素CNO^-离子的存在和影响。对硼同位素测定采用的不同涂样试剂进行比较，结果发现在去硼海水和硝酸盐溶液中存在BO2^-的同质异位素CNO^-离子，干扰离子不仅来自有机物，而且可能来自硝酸根。在硼同位素测定中，检查空白中的43峰和43／42比值是必要的。实验表明MgCl2 NaOH混合溶液是负热电离质谱测定硼同位素的较为理想的涂样试剂。     

固体无机样品的激光等离子体质谱分析

激光等离子体质谱是一种新颖的质谱分析手段，具有灵敏度高，分析速度快，分析范围广，分析结果准确性高等优点。本文介绍了在自制的激光离子体源飞行时间质谱计上，有关催化剂，铝箔，活性碳，岩石等固体无机样品的质谱分析结果，显示了激光等离子体质谱的优越性与广泛的应用价值。     

同位索峰型计算在归属多元素团簇质谱中的应用

介绍了一种通过计算分子的同位素丰度模拟质谱峰型，根据比较质谱峰的位置和形状来帮助归属多元素团簇的飞行时间质谱的方法。这种方法不仅有助于归属完全分辨的低质量离子峰，还能从重叠的质谱峰中确定各个组份的相对含量。最后介绍了如何用这种方法来分析激光烧蚀ＭｎＣｌ２·４Ｈ２Ｏ和ＣｕＣｌ２·２Ｈ２Ｏ得到的正负团簇离子质谱     

Characterization of bis-carboxyethyl germanium sesquioxide and its complexes with amino acids using electrospray QqTOF mass spectrometry

This work deals with the application of electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) with QqTOF analyzer for the characterization of Ge-132 complexes with different amino acids in aqueous solution with the emphasis on the determination of elemental composition. ESI mass spectra provide complementary structural information in both polarity modes. Some reaction products were suggested based on the interpretation of high resolution mass spectra. Moreover, the experimental isotopic distributions of ions were compared with theoretical calculated isotopic clusters. The superposition of many ion overlays was observed due to the wide isotopic distributions of studied polyisotopic complexes. The high resolution QqTOF analyzer enabled the discrimination of these ion signals differing at least by 0.12 mass units. The occurrence of overlaid signals from ions with smaller mass difference was successfully recognized based on the shift of isotopic distribution, and their elemental composition was verified using mass accuracies of non-overlaid isotopes at the borders of the isotopic cluster. Mass spectra obtained with ion trap and single quadrupole analyzers support QqTOF data.     

Effect of post-excitation radius on ion abundance, mass measurement accuracy, and isotopic distributions in Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry

We report an evaluation of a modern Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS) instrument to determine the general trend of post-excitation radius on total ion abundance, mass measurement accuracy, and isotopic distributions for internally calibrated mass spectra. The optimum post-excitation radius was determined using total ion abundance, mass measurement accuracy (MMA), and isotope ratios. However, despite the utility of internal calibration for achieving ultimate MMA, the internal calibrant ions were insufficient for compensating for sub-optimum ICR cell conditions. The findings presented herein underscore the importance of determining the optimal post-excitation radius in FT-ICR-MS to achieve high ion abundance (low limits of detection), high MMA, and valid isotopic distributions.     

Structures and fragmentation of [Cu(uracil-H)(uracil)]+ in the gas phase

Complexes of copper (II) ions and uracil were studied using tandem mass spectrometry (Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance, FTICR, mass spectrometry) including extensive isotopic labeling as well as theoretical calculations. Positive ion electrospray mass spectra of aqueous solutions of CuCl(2) and uracil show that the [Cu(Ura-H)(Ura)](+) ion is the most abundant ion even at low concentrations of uracil. Sustained off-resonance irradiation collision-induced dissociation (SORI-CID) experiments show that the lowest energy decomposition pathway for [Cu(Ura-H)(Ura)](+) , surprisingly, is not the loss of uracil, but the loss of HNCO followed by HCN as the most abundant secondary fragmentation product. MS(n) studies identified primary, secondary and tertiary fragmentation products. Extensive isotopic labeling studies, as well as computational studies allowed for a detailed fragmentation scheme for the [Cu(Ura-H)(Ura)](+) ion, beginning with the lowest energy structure.     

Improved isotopic abundance measurements for high resolution fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectra via time-domain data extraction

The simultaneous high resolution and accurate mass measurements possible with Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry coupled with the gentle ionization of electrospray hold attractions for protein, peptide, and oligonucleotide characterization, including multistage-mass spectrometry measurements for assignment of fragment masses and greater confidence in structural measurements. The detection of cyclotron motion over extended periods of time (in some cases for several minutes) allows higher resolution and mass accuracy. Generally, signal duration has been considered to be limited primarily by background pressure, with ion-neutral collisions leading to the reduction and dephasing of cyclotron motion, causing signal loss. However, recent theoretical work has shown that the ion cloud stability that is a prerequisite for high performance measurements is highly dependent on the electric field generated by the ion cloud, thus giving rise to a minimum number of charges or ions required for extended time-domain signals. The effects of ion population on ion cloud stability and signal duration, and the subsequent effects on resolution and measured isotopic abundances are reported. Individual time-domain signals for bovine insulin isotopic peaks were extracted to allow a comparison of the damping rates for each of these ion clouds and the measured time-domain amplitude maxima are shown to provide a better match with the theoretically predicted isotopic abundances for insulin. These results show that different damping rates of ions of very similar mass, but different ion cloud population sizes, can have dramatic effects on the observed isotopic patterns. Additionally, more accurate, high resolution spectra can be produced by correcting for the effects of the different damping rates that are observed for different ion population sizes.     

Isotopic study of natural fission reactors at Oklo and Bangombé, Gabon

The Oklo and Bangombé uranium ores in the Republic of Gabon are fossils of natural fission reactors. Many elements in these natural fission reactors show isotopic anomalies derived from fission and neutron capture reactions. Isotopic analyses of uraninites and some other minerals provide useful information on the geochemical behavior of fission products and nuclear chemical characterization of the reactors. Integrated isotopic measurements by whole rock analysis with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) and by in-situ analysis with secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) make it possible to clarify the migration processes of fissiogenic nuclides over a range of scales from micro meters to meters.     

Charge reduction lowers mass resolving power for isotopically resolved electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectra

Electrospray ionization of synthetic or biological macromolecules above ∼1–2 kDa in mass typically produces ions of multiple charge states. Several recent papers have illustrated charge reduction as a means to simplify low-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectra, at the cost of significant loss in signal-to-noise ratio. However, if mass resolving power is sufficiently high (as in Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry) to resolve the heavy-atom isotopic distribution, then charge reduction actually lowers mass resolving power by a factor proportional to the ion charge. For proteins or nucleic acids of 10–50 kDa in mass, reducing the charge state to unity thus lowers mass resolving power by a factor of 10–50. In other words, as long as it is possible to resolve the isotopic distributions, charge reduction has no advantages for electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and has the very serious disadvantage of greatly degraded mass resolving power. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Atmospheric pressure ionisation mass spectrometric fragmentation pathways of noscapine and papaverine revealed by multistage mass spectrometry and in-source deuterium labelling

Two opium alkaloids, noscapine and papaverine, show good response as [M+H]+ ions in positive ion electrospray mass spectrometry and atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation mass spectrometry. The two compounds exhibit markedly different fragmentation pathways and behaviour under multistage mass spectrometry (MSn), with papaverine displaying a wealth of ions in MS2 and noscapine providing a single dominant ion at each stage of MSn prior to MS4. Elucidation of the fragmentation pathways using the MSn capability of the ion trap was aided by spraying the analytes in 2H2O to incorporate an isotopic label. Simplex optimisation allowed optimum trapping and fragmentation parameters to be determined, leading to a six-fold improvement in response for one transition and a seven-fold improvement for one transition sequence.