title: Design and development of a new program for data processing of mass spectra acquired by means of a high-resolution double-focusing glow-discharge mass spectrometer.
abstract: An new program has been developed and implemented for data analysis of mass spectra obtained by use of the VG9000 glow-discharge mass spectrometer. The program, designed to run in a Windows 9X environment includes several tools for import and export of data, cluster generators, etc. An automated technique for the interpretation of mass spectra is also built into the program; this enables faster and operator-independent interpretation. When major interferences or not-well defined signals are involved, the automated technique might fail to find the correct result. Therefore, a manual, VG9000 software-like, bypass is at hand. A comparison of the different techniques and programs shows, in general, comparable results. An installable version of the software is available on the university FTP-server (ftp://PLASMA-FTP.uia.ac.be/ private/imsas/).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk-Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Robben
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dufour
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gijbels