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When multicharged ions are formed, the simple rule of thumb used widely in mass spectrometry that m/z = m because, usually, z = 1 no longer applies for z > 1 then m/z < m, and the apparent mass of an ion is much smaller than its true mass. Accurate mass measurement is much easier at low mass than at high, and the small m/z values, corresponding to high mass with multiple charges, yield accurate values for the high mass. 

Effects of Cold Gas Recycle and Approach to Equilibrium. Product gases resulting from various CGR ratios were analyzed (Table XI). For the experiments tabulated, a decrease in the cold recycle ratio resulted consistently in increases in the product gas concentrations of water vapor, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide and a decrease in methane concentration. These trends may be noted in experiment HGR-12 as the CGR ratio decreased from 8.7 1 to 1.2 1, in experiment HGR-13 as it increased from 1.0 1 to 9.1 1, and in experiment HGR-14 as it decreased from 3.0 1 to 1.0 1. These trends indicate that the water-gas shift reaction (CO + H20 —> C02 + H2) was sustained to some degree. Except for the 462-hr period in experiment HGR-14, the apparent mass action constants for the water-gas shift reaction (based on the product gas compositions in Table XI) remained fairly constant at 0.57-1.6. These values are much lower than the value of 11.7 for equilibrium conversion at 400°C. In... 

The results from EQCM studies on conducting polymer films can be ambiguous because the measured mass change results from a combination of independent ion transport, coupled ion transport (i.e., salt transport), and solvent transport. In addition, changes in the viscoelasticity of the films can cause apparent mass changes. The latter problem can be minimized by checking the frequency response of the EQCM,174 while the various mass transport components can be separated by careful data analysis.175,176... 

Lazarides, H.N., Gekas, V., and Mavroudis, N. 1997. Apparent mass diffusivities in fruit and vegetable tissues undergoing osmotic processing. J. Food Engineer. 31, 315-324. 

So far, second-order corrections have only found their application for radiogenic isotopes (see a more extensive treatment in Albarede et al. 2004). The linear changes in the apparent mass bias of Nd with mass observed by Vance and Thirlwall (2002) is certainly an indication that high precision may benefit from such an elaborate scheme on at least some instruments. 

MS can measure the ratio between molar fractions of mass isotopomers. The ratio between two mass isotopomer pools of masses nti and m2 is defined in the present work as intensity ratio Jmi/m2- K identical with a mass spectral intensity ratio. If more than two mass isotopomer pools are assessed, their relative ratios, normalized to the sum, are named mass isotopomer distribution. The mass distribution of a compound can be thus obtained from the analysis of ions, which contain the intact carbon skeleton of the analyte. In the area of me-tabohc flux analysis, mass distributions of various metaboHtes have been assessed by MS. The major method used is GC/MS, whereby the analytes are deriva-tized into forms with desired physico-chemical properties such as increased volatihty, thermal stabiHty and suitable MS properties [62]. The mass of the formed derivate must be sufficiently high (usually above 175 apparent mass units) to avoid background interference [48]. To obtain the mass distribution of a compound, ions with the entire carbon skeleton of the analyte have to be present. For accurate quantification of the mass distribution of such ions, they should occur in high abundance and preferably be unique species, thus being formed by only one fragmentation pathway. 

A commonly used mass transfer reaction model is presented in Figure 8.1a, where the reaction occurs in the bulk aqueous phase [35, 47]. It is assumed that the substrate dissolved in the organic phase diffuses into the aqueous phase, reaching equilibrium. In the absence of reaction, once equilibrium is achieved, apparent mass transfer ceases. Given the presence of active enzyme, depletion of substrate in the aqueous phase occurs, and the system moves into a new equilibrium. Thus, the overall reaction rate depends both on reaction and mass transfer. 

A pure compound called tris is used as a primary standard to measure concentrations of acids. The volume of acid required to react with a known mass of tris tells us the concentration of the acid. Find the true mass of tris (density = 1.33 g/mL) if the apparent mass weighed in air is 100.00 g. 

NOTE The designation m stands for molality. Masses in die buffer recipes below are apparent masses measured in air. 

The empirical correction factors are developed from comparing two mass transfer coefficients, thus, it is essential that both are measured correctly. Brown and Baillod (1982) point out that the a value from the ratio of two incorrectly measured mass transfer coefficients, apparent mass transfer coefficients, is different from the a of true mass transfer coefficients. 

Figure 6.6. Metabolite profiles of omeprazole in human plasma (a) base peak ion chromatogram of unprocessed data and (b) base peak ion chromatogram of MDF-processed data exhibiting all metabolite peaks present and some endogenous peaks. High-resolution LC-MS data were obtained for a human plasma sample spiked with omeprazole metabolites generated by microsomal incubation (the equivalent of a 1.0-mL plasma injection). A MDF ivas set at 50 mDa around the apparent mass defect of the omeprazole ion.

The LDF model is a realistic representation of the system with a surface barrier. Otherwise, k can be treated as an apparent mass transfer coefficient irrespective of the true transport mechanism which can be directly used in the design and optimization of adsorbers. This concept has been successfully used to analyze column breakthrough data for practical non-isothermal systems [18-20]. It substantially... 

Note from Table 1 that, without RRF correction, the apparent mass balance is quite poor, with a consistent RMBD of 35%. Thus, in the absence of RRF information, one might conclude that mass balance was not achieved and that other, undetected degradation products were being formed or that parent compound was being lost (e.g., via adsorption, volatilization). Use of the RRF2 value mentioned earlier, however, indicates excellent mass balance, even for a fully degraded sample (RMBD = -3.7%). 

Can we say that the average apparent mass does not exceed 26.5 ... 

Let pf and ps denote the apparent mass densities of the fluid and the solid then the mean velocity v of the mixture is defined by... 

For pneumatic transport of solids in a dilute suspension, the effects of apparent mass, Basset force, diffusion, and electric charge of the particles may be ignored. Thus, the dynamic equation of a small particle in a gas medium is given by... 

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