title: Instrument-Independent MS/MS Database for XQQ Instruments: A Kinetics-Based Measurement Protocol.
abstract: A detailed kinetics-based measurement protocol is proposed for the development of a standardized MS/MS database for XQQ tandem mass spectrometers. The technical basis for the protocol is summarized. A CAD database format is proposed.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.
authors.forename: Richard I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Martinez
keywords: CAD; CBRIS; MS/MS; NIST-EPA International Round Robin; XQQ instruments (QQQ, BEQQ, etc.); characteristic branching ratios of ionic substructures; collisionally-activated dissociation; database; ion-molecule kinetics; measurement protocol; spectral library; standardization; tandem mass spectrometers