Answer 4.1

a) Do you recognize mass analyzers from their acronym? Specify the following analyzers:

TOF: time-of-flight

B: magnetic sector

Q: linear quadupole

LIT: linear quadropole ion trap

QIT: three-dimensional quadrupole ion trap

ICR: ion cyclotron resonance

b) Which of the following hybrid instruments currently play a role in commercial instrumentation?

LIT-ICR: YES

QIT-TOF: YES

QqLIT: YES

QqTOF: YES

TOF-TOF: YES