Stitched spectra distinguish over 240k elemental compositions in petroleum sample

An illustration showing new insights into complex mixtures using mass spectra segments of constant ultrahigh resolving power

Source: © Mark Barrow/University of Warwick

Peak performance for mass spectrometry

Researchers have developed a new method to characterise complex mixtures. The previous record for the total number of unique molecular formulae assigned in a sample was 126,264. Now, Mark Barrow from the University of Warwick, UK, and his team have increased this to 244,779.