title: Isomer identification by kinetic energy release measurements using the voltage pulsed collision cell technique in mass-analysed ion kinetic energy spectrometry.
abstract: The voltage pulsing of the collision cell on a mass-analysed ion kinetic energy spectrometer allows simultaneous kinetic energy release measurements for unimolecular (T(V)), collision-induced (TCID(V)) and composite unimolecular and collision-induced (Tcomp(V)) decomposition processes in the time frame of a capillary gas chromatographic peak. The information gained by voltage pulsing sometimes allows more reliable isomer identification than by kinetic energy release measurements made in the non-pulsing mode alone. Presented are T(V), TCID(V) and Tcomp(V), and the ratio of their intensities for a number of isomeric halogenated compounds.
mesh_terms: D006846:Hydrocarbons, Halogenated; D007536:Isomerism; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D006846:Hydrocarbons, Halogenated