HCl in MS

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Can HCl be successfully used in MS?
Is there an LC or GC in front of this MS?
I should have given more information. We have a Agilent 1260-Agilent 6530 QTOF.

I'm curious to known why nobody seems to use HCl to as a MS MP additive.
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To rephrase - people generally don't want to use anything in a MSD that will leave a salt residue on evaporation.
HCl would be harder on a system than most things...
Thanks,
DR
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Can't be sure, but I'd strongly, strongly discourage it. Chloride's pretty awful for stainless steel, chloride salts will precipitate; I don't know which I'd feel least happy about, producing chlorine or HCl fumes to run through my delicate MS and vacuum pump.
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