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Mass Spectrometer Used to determine * the relative isotopic masses and abundance of isotopes * the relative molecular mass (Mr) and abundance of the organic compound Principles of the mass spectrometer * Apparatus enclosed in total vacuum, so that there are no colisions between the sample being investigated and the atmospheric air or the residue from previous samples. * Vacuum pump is to reduce pressure so less thermal energy is needed to vaporise the sample. The pump is to remove any traces of the previous sample traces of the air. * Sample under analysis must be vaparised i.e. converted to gaseous state. This is achieved by heating it in the furnace. * Sample then enters the ionisation chamber; here the sample is bombarded by a beam of high energy electrons. A beam of these high energy electrons bombard the atoms causing them to loose an electron. A removal of an electron from the atom is known as ionisation....

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