6. Glossary

Ion précurseur; precursor ion

Ion selected in the first mass spectrometer for structure determination by collisional activation

CI; collision induced dissociation

Dissociation of an ion selected by a first mass filter by collision with an inert neutral gas

Orbitrap ; Orbitrap

Electrostatic trap mass spectrometer for high-resolution mass measurement

Temps de vol TOF; time of flight

Mass spectrometer based on time-of-flight differences of charged species for ion filtering

Quadripole; quadrupole

Mass spectrometer based on the application of a quadrupole field for ion filtering.

Triple quadrupole QqQ; triple quadrupole

Combination...