Chemistry A-Level
fragmentation fingerprint
What fragmentation fingerprint means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of fragmentation fingerprint
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A pattern that acts as a fingerprint, which software matches against a database of known spectra to identify the component.
Topics that use fragmentation fingerprint
- Chromatography (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- adsorption
- gas chromatography
- gas chromatography with mass spectrometry
- lid and saturated vapour
- molecular ion peak
- pencil baseline
- retention time
- Rf value
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