What is spectrometry?

Answer 1

Mass spec is use to further confirm your sample analyzed. Mass spectroscopy breaks down the sample into its components. It does this by bombarding the molecule with some type of particle (either alpha or beta... or i may be way off). This will break down the sample into certain weights. The mass spec will tells you these molecular wieghts. On your software that you have you will see the molecular wieghts on a graph. You then can compare it to the library you have to see if your sample is actually the sample you say it is.

Answer 2

A mass spectrometer is an analytical tool used by a variety of scientific disciplines. These instruments utilize electric and/or magnetic fields to separate charged particles via their mass to charge ratio. Scientists can utilize these instruments to examine a wide range of substances from small molecules such as pharmaceuticals and their metabolic products to entire protein complexes. When a sample is analyzed via mass spectrometry, spectra are generated that display the mass to charge ratios of everything in the sample that is above the limit of detection of the instrument used (barring any ion suppression or other effects). These mass to charge ratios can uniquely identify compounds in some cases. When the intact mass to charge ratio is insufficient to characterize a species, various methods can be used to fragment the precursor. Following fragmentation, the mass to charge ratios of the product ions (fragments) can be acquired. This type of experiment is referred to as MS/MS or Tandem MS. These product ions, combined with the mass to charge ratio of the precursor, in many cases allow unambiguous assignment of the precursor's identity.

Answer 3

A spectrometer is an instrument for measuring light across a spectrum. The spectrum can be created by putting the light through a prism, and looks much like a rainbow. By measuring what specific parts of the spectrum are bright or dim, analysis of the light can be done, and this can tell us a good deal about the source of the light.

For example, specific elements, when they are heated to glow, give off spectra that have bright lines located at specific places in them. There are, for example, spectral lines associated with hydrogen, others associated with helium, carbon, and so on. By putting the light from a star through a spectrometer, and observing the lines, we can know what elements are in the star. By observing the brightness of the lines, we can get a good idea of how much of each element is present.

Answer 4

The mass spectrometer converts molecules to ions in order to measure the characteristics of individual molecules. They are converted to ions so that they can be moved about and manipulated by external electric and magnetic fields.

Answer 5

A device or instrument used in astronomy and sometimes chemistry to measure the properties of light in a certain area of portion of the electromagnetic field to help identify materials and is used in spectroscopy to make spectral lines and measure their wavelengths and intensity

A spectrometer is an instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The meter has several scientific applications.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

A method to measure wave lengths of light.

Answer 8

It is the interaction of matter with electromagnetic radiation.

Answer 9

a spectroscope is a device that breaks up light into a spectrum of colors.

why don't u buy one? u expect 4 ppl 2 do all this stuff 4 u?! lol!!!=]

Answer 10

A spectrometer measures and record spectra. It is a tool that astronomers use to split the light into colors that is collected by a telescope.