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Signal-to-Noise Ratios in Mass Spectroscopic Ion-Current-Measurement Systems

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Contemporary Topics in Analytical and Clinical Chemistry

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When an analytical result is based upon a mass spectroscopic measurement, the uncertainty which must be assigned to the result is directly related to the standard deviation of the ion-current measurement. For such an electrical measurement, the standard deviation characterizing the scatter in the observations is correctly termed the noise, while the ion-current level is the signal.

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  1. Departments of Chemistry and Geology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 47401, USA

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  2. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

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  3. Technicon Instruments Corporation, Tarrytown, New York, USA

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Peterson, D.W., Hayes, J.M. (1978). Signal-to-Noise Ratios in Mass Spectroscopic Ion-Current-Measurement Systems. In: Hercules, D.M., Hieftje, G.M., Snyder, L.R., Evenson, M.A. (eds) Contemporary Topics in Analytical and Clinical Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6734-9_5

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