Anal. Chem. 2002, 74, 1879-1883
Composition of Explosives by Electrospray Ionization Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry Zhigang Wu,† Christopher L. Hendrickson,†,‡ Ryan P. Rodgers,†,‡ and Alan G. Marshall*,†,‡
Ion Cyclotron Resonance Program, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310
Commercial explosives are complex mixtures that contain not only the active explosive agent(s) but also a host of other organic and inorganic compounds. The ultrahigh mass resolving power (m/∆m50% >200 000) and mass accuracy ( 200 000) and mass accuracy (