Methods for tandem collision-induced dissociation cells

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14963123

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A method for operating a mass spectrometer so as to detect or quantify analytes, comprises: (a) identifying a selected-reaction-monitoring (SRM) transition to be used for each respective analyte; (b) determining a time duration required for a fragmentation reaction corresponding to each identified transition to proceed to a threshold percentage of completion; and (c) for each analyte, performing the steps of (i) isolating ions corresponding to a precursor-ion mass-to-charge (m/z) ratio of the respective transition; (ii) fragmenting the respective isolated ions in one of two fragmentation cells or fragmentation cell portions; and (ii) mass analyzing for fragment ions corresponding to a product-ion m/z ratio of the respective transition, wherein, for each analyte, the fragmentation cell or fragmentation cell portion that is used for fragmenting the isolated ions is determined from the time duration determined for the respective analyte.

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Oser, Harald San Carlos, US 16 102
Schoen, Alan E Kilauea, US 26 308

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