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Description
At the end of this activity, students should be able to: – discuss the behaviour of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields – relate the deflection of a charged particle in a magnetic field to the mass and charge of the particle and the strength of the magnetic field – describe how a mass spectrometer works – explain what a mass spectrum is – explain the terms: base peak, molecular ion, fragmentation ion, relative abundance – discuss mass spectra of the elements in terms of the natural abundance of isotopes – explain the general features of mass spectra of organic compounds.
