Mixed spectra long answer exam question practice
This is a set of more difficult long answer exam questions that require you to use data from mass spectra,
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Interpreting the mass spectrum of an organic molecule
Mass spectrometry is a really powerful tool for helping us to piece together the structure of an organic molecule. Ionisation
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How to calculate the relative abundance of an isotope
We can calculate the percentage abundances for each of the isotopes in an element if we know the mass number
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How to calculate the relative atomic mass of an element from a mass spectrum
We know that relative atomic mass (Ar) is the average of (% abundance of an isotope x isotopic mass) for
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Time of flight mass spectrometer
A mass spectrometer is able to very accurately determine the relative atomic mass of an element, by measuring the mass