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TIC chromatogram
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 2:03 am
by thohry
Hi all,
In a TIC chromatogram, do they draw according to main ions or the average of all ions?
Thanks
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 4:25 am
by bisnettrj2
I think in the TIC chromatogram, the peaks are the sums of all ion intensities across the scan range.
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 2:09 pm
by orcicdejan
Exactly. TIC means Total Ion Chromatogram/Current, and is the sum (not average!) of abundances of all ions recorded in the current scan (i.e. spectrum).
The chromatogram displaying only the main ion (if by that you mean the most abundant one in the current scan, i.e. base ion) is BPC (Base Peak Chromatogram).
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:42 am
by thohry
Thank you both for the answers.