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'''Resolution: peak width definition''', m/Δm. For a single peak made up of singly charged ions at mass m in a mass spectrum, the resolution may be expressed as m/Δm, where Am is the width of the peak at a height that is a specified fraction of the maximum peak height. It is recommended that one of three values 50%, 5%, or 0.5% be used. For an isolated symmetrical peak, recorded with a system that is linear in the range between 5% and 10% levels of the peak, the 5% width defmition is technically equivalent to the Photo-ionization. 10% valley defmition. A common standard is the definition of resolution based upon Δm being full width of the Desk at half its maximum heieht, sometimes abbrevi&ed
'''Resolution: peak width definition''', m/Δm. For a single peak made up of singly charged ions at mass m in a mass spectrum, the resolution may be expressed as m/Δm, where Am is the width of the peak at a height that is a specified fraction of the maximum peak height. It is recommended that one of three values 50%, 5%, or 0.5% be used. For an isolated symmetrical peak, recorded with a system that is linear in the range between 5% and 10% levels of the peak, the 5% width defmition is technically equivalent to the Photo-ionization. 10% valley defmition. A common standard is the definition of resolution based upon Δm being full width of the Desk at half its maximum heieht, sometimes abbreviated
 
'''Resolving power (mass)'''. The ability to distinguish between ions differing slightly in mass-to-charge ratio. It may be characterized by giving the peak width, measured in mass units, expressed as a function of mass, for at least two points on the peak, specihcally for 50% and for 5% of the maximum peak height.


==1997 ASMS Poster==
==1997 ASMS Poster==

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