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Choice of Liquid CI Reagents
Many liquids may be used as CI reagents. The general requirements are a
moderate vapor pressure and fairly low molecular weight. If the molecular weight
is too high, you may have problems seeing low molecular weight analytes
because they will be excluded as the reagent ions are ejected. If the vapor
pressure is too low, not enough reagent will enter the Saturn GC/MS for effective
CI operation. This may be remedied by passing a stream of helium through the
reagent vial. This strategy has been used successfully with water as the reagent.
The following have been used as liquid CI reagents on a Saturn GC/MS:
Methanol
Dimethyl ether
Dimethylamine
Acetonitrile
Diethyl ether
Carbon disulfide
Water (with a helium stream)
Setting CI Parameters for Liquid Reagents
Set the CI Storage level sufficiently low to store the CI reagent ions.
Set the CI background mass to a level sufficiently high that reagent ions do not
appear in the CI spectrum.
Set the Reagent ion eject amplitude to a value between 7.4 and 12.5 volts. As a
starting point, use these values:
Mass Eject Amplitude
<20 7.5
21-50 9
>50 12.5
Adjust the value up or down as necessary to eject ions above the highest
reagent ion while not ejecting the ions from the reagent.
Suggested CI Parameters for Liquid CI Reagents
Reagent Liquid Acetonitrile d3-Acetonitrile Methanol
CI Storage Level (m/z) 19 19 19
Ejection Amplitude (v) 15 15 15
Background Mass (m/z) 65 65 55
Target TIC 5000 5000 5000
Maximum Ionization Time
(µsec)
2000 2000 2000
Maximum Reaction Time
(msec)
40 20 40
Prescan Ion Time (sec)
100 100 100
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